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title: My splinter's deep under the nail. Can I dig it out with Mum's sewin… — Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters · tree and pragmatics
description: My splinter's deep under the nail. Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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My splinter's deep under the nail. Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** dig out · **To what, where:** nail

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My splinter's deep under the nail.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t6:1
# text = My splinter's deep under the nail.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	splinter	splinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t6:2
# text = Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	sewing	sewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig out** | can | I | nail |  |  |  | with Mum's sewing needle | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with needle=Instrument |

## The options {#options}

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

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Better not; a nurse may need to remove it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t6:o1:1
# text = Better not; a nurse may need to remove it
1	Better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | may | a nurse |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **remove** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a nurse *not said here* | nurse |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, just leave it in there for a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t6:o2:1
# text = No, just leave it in there for a year
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
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	4	obl	_	_
```

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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 |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in there=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but heat the needle red hot first to kill germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, but heat the needle red hot first to kill germs
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	red	red	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | to-infinitive |  | germs |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, dig as deep as you like till it's out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, dig as deep as you like till it's out
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | deep *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | out *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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