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title: Connor: "My knee's busted, eh? No more hockey ever." What's the bett… — Growing and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: Connor: "My knee's busted, eh? No more hockey ever." What's the better plan? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Growing and sport

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Connor: "My knee's busted, eh? No more hockey ever." What's the better plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** better plan · **What happens:** bust, be · **To what, where:** Connor

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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/40-growing-and-sport/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Connor: "My knee's busted, eh?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:1
# text = Connor: "My knee's busted, eh?
1	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	busted	bust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bust** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | Connor |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* No more hockey ever."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:2
# text = No more hockey ever."
1	No	no	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	hockey	hockey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's the better plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:3
# text = What's the better plan?
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	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 better plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wrap it up tight and run more to strengthen it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:o1:1
# text = Wrap it up tight and run more to strengthen it
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
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 | **wrap up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | present | you *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme more=Trajectory |
| 3 | **strengthen** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Quit all sport for the rest of his life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:o2:1
# text = Quit all sport for the rest of his life
1	Quit	quit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | imperative | you *not said here* | all sport |  |  |  | for the rest of his life | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tell a parent, see a GP, ease off when sore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:o3:1
# text = Tell a parent, see a GP, ease off when sore
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	GP	gp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ease	ease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a parent |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a GP |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gp=Stimulus |
| 3 | **ease off** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sore *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Play through any pain until it stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:40-growing-and-sport:t3:o4:1
# text = Play through any pain until it stops
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | any pain |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | pain |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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