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title: Mum wants to pour stinging antiseptic on my little graze. What's the… — Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum wants to pour stinging antiseptic on my little graze. What's the advice? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» 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 4 · ★★ · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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Mum wants to pour stinging antiseptic on my little graze. What's the advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, my, advice · **What happens:** want, pour, sting, graze, be · **To what, where:** stinging antiseptic, little graze

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters» 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/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum wants to pour stinging antiseptic on my little graze.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t4:1
# text = Mum wants to pour stinging antiseptic on my little graze.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pour	pour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	antiseptic	antiseptic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	graze	graze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pour** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* | stinging antiseptic |  | my little graze |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antiseptic=Patient |
| 3 | **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **graze** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom graze «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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's the advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t4:2
# text = What's the advice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Grazes need a splash of vinegar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t4:o1:1
# text = Grazes need a splash of vinegar
1	Grazes	graze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Grazes | a splash of vinegar |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot splash=Theme |
| 2 | **splash** |  | vinegar |  |  |  |  |  | nom splash «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grazes should never get wet while they heal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t4:o2:1
# text = Grazes should never get wet while they heal
1	Grazes	graze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	heal	heal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | should | Grazes |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **heal** | present | Grazes *= graze* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Antiseptic must always sting or it isn't working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t4:o3:1
# text = Antiseptic must always sting or it isn't working
1	Antiseptic	antiseptic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | must | Antiseptic |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **work** | present · progressive | Antiseptic |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Clean running water usually does the main job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t4:o4:1
# text = Clean running water usually does the main job
1	Clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | Clean running water | the main job |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=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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