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title: Dad, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?" Sophie's night cramp.… — Warming up, stitches and cramp · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?" Sophie's night cramp. Is it serious? Test 9 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Warming up, stitches and cramp

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Dad, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?" Sophie's night cramp. Is it serious?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cramp · **What happens:** happen, be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:1
# text = Dad, half asleep: "What the hell's happening?"
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	advmod	_	_
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Sophie's night cramp.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:2
# text = Sophie's night cramp.
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* Is it serious?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:3
# text = Is it serious?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cramp |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Always a sign of a serious illness in the blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:o1:1
# text = Always a sign of a serious illness in the blood
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** |  |  | a serious illness in the blood |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means she is short of bananas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:o2:1
# text = It means she is short of bananas
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | of bananas; short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Usually harmless; see a GP if it happens very often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:o3:1
# text = Usually harmless; see a GP if it happens very often
1	Usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	GP	gp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | infinitive |  | a GP |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gp=Stimulus |
| 2 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It means she must stop all sport for a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp:t9:o4:1
# text = It means she must stop all sport for a year
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | must | she | all sport |  |  | year |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector sport=Eventuality |

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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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