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title: In a cartoon, a boxer slaps a steak on his black eye. What should he… — Sprains, strains and bruises · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a boxer slaps a steak on his black eye. What should he really use? Test 5 of lesson 3 «Sprains, strains and bruises» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · Sprains, strains and bruises

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In a cartoon, a boxer slaps a steak on his black eye. What should he really use?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boxer · **What happens:** slap, use · **To what, where:** steak, cartoon

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This is test 5 of lesson 3 «Sprains, strains and bruises» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a boxer slaps a steak on his black eye.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a boxer slaps a steak on his black eye.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boxer	boxer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	slaps	slap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	steak	steak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slap** | present | a boxer | a steak |  | a cartoon |  | on boxer's black eye | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent steak=Instrument on eye=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he really use?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t5:2
# text = What should he really use?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | should | boxer |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A slice of cheese from the fridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t5:o1:1
# text = A slice of cheese from the fridge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slice** |  |  | cheese |  | the fridge |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient from=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A cold pack wrapped in cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t5:o2:1
# text = A cold pack wrapped in cloth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | a cold pack *not said here* |  | cloth |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A hot towel to warm the eye up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t5:o3:1
# text = A hot towel to warm the eye up
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	warm	warm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm up** | to-infinitive | a hot towel | the eye |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument eye=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, black eyes need surgery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing, black eyes need surgery
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | black eyes | surgery |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot surgery=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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