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title: Bairns (children) at a Scottish match stand around in the dreich (co… — Warming up, stitches and cramp · tree and pragmatics
description: Bairns (children) at a Scottish match stand around in the dreich (cold, wet, grey) weather between halves. What should they do? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 2 · ★ · Warming up, stitches and cramp

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Bairns (children) at a Scottish match stand around in the dreich (cold, wet, grey) weather between halves. What should they do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bairns · **What happens:** stand around, do · **To what, where:** dreich

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 37 «Warming up, stitches and cramp» 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/37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bairns (children) at a Scottish match stand around in the dreich (cold, wet, grey) weather between halves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t2:1
# text = Bairns (children) at a Scottish match stand around in the dreich (cold, wet, grey) weather between halves.
1	Bairns	bairn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
9	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	around	around	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dreich	dreich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	_
21	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
22	between	between	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand around** | present | Bairns at a Scottish match |  |  | the dreich  cold weather between halves |  | around *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dreich=Location |

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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 they do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t2:2
# text = What should they do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | Bairns *= bairn* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep moving and keep layers on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t2:o1:1
# text = Keep moving and keep layers on
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep on** | infinitive | you *not said here* | layers |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Take their tops off to cool down between the halves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t2:o2:1
# text = Take their tops off to cool down between the halves
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | imperative | you *not said here* | their tops |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Theme |
| 2 | **cool down** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between the halves | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sit down on the wet grass to rest their legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t2:o3:1
# text = Sit down on the wet grass to rest their legs
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the wet grass |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | their legs |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leg=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, cold doesn't affect muscles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing, cold doesn't affect muscles
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	affect	affect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **affect** | present · do-support | Nothing | muscles |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus muscle=Experiencer |

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