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title: In a cartoon, a hero sticks his cut together with tape from the shed… — Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a hero sticks his cut together with tape from the shed and carries on. What's wrong? Test 5 · ★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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In a cartoon, a hero sticks his cut together with tape from the shed and carries on. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hero · **What happens:** stick, cut, carry on, be · **To what, where:** his, cartoon

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a hero sticks his cut together with tape from the shed and carries on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a hero sticks his cut together with tape from the shed and carries on.
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	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | a hero | his *= he* |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent his=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **cut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with tape from the shed; together *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with tape=Instrument |
| 3 | **carry on** | present | a hero *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t5:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He should have used superglue from the shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t5:o1:1
# text = He should have used superglue from the shed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	superglue	superglue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Deep cuts need proper medical care to close and stay clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t5:o2:1
# text = Deep cuts need proper medical care to close and stay clean
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Deep cuts | proper medical care |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | to-infinitive | Deep cuts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stay** | infinitive | Deep cuts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, cuts never need any care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, cuts never need any care
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present | Nothing cuts | any care |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, tape from the shed is better than stitches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t5:o4:1
# text = Nothing, tape from the shed is better than stitches
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	stitches	stitch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing tape from the shed |  |  |  |  | than stitches; good *property* | tree rules |

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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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