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title: Netball hit my fingertip, now it won't straighten. Just yank it? — Sprains, strains and bruises · tree and pragmatics
description: Netball hit my fingertip, now it won't straighten. Just yank it? Test 8 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 8 · Sprains, strains and bruises

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Netball hit my fingertip, now it won't straighten. Just yank it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Netball, you · **What happens:** hit, not straighten, yank · **To what, where:** fingertip

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Netball hit my fingertip, now it won't straighten.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t8:1
# text = Netball hit my fingertip, now it won't straighten.
1	Netball	netball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fingertip	fingertip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	straighten	straighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | Netball | my fingertip |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fingertip=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **not** **straighten** | future | Netball |  |  |  | now |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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:* Just yank it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t8:2
# text = Just yank it?
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	yank	yank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yank** | imperative | you *not said here* | fingertip |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, one hard yank always fixes it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, one hard yank always fixes it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	yank	yank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | one hard yank | it |  |  |  | always *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only twice, then leave it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only twice, then leave it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | then | twice *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, tape it flat to your nose till it straightens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t8:o3:1
# text = No, tape it flat to your nose till it straightens
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tape	tape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	straightens	straighten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tape** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | to your nose; flat *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to nose=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **straighten** | present | nose |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it needs an X-ray; pulling can make a break worse

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:3-sprains-strains-and-bruises:t8:o4:1
# text = No, it needs an X-ray; pulling can make a break worse
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | it | a X ray |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ray=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | can | pulling | a break |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset break=Product |

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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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