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title: Ascertain the appropriate immediate treatment for a finger jammed by… — Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the appropriate immediate treatment for a finger jammed by a basketball. Exam question 3 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 3 · Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ascertain the appropriate immediate treatment for a finger jammed by a basketball.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, jam · **To what, where:** appropriate immediate treatment, finger

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the appropriate immediate treatment for a finger jammed by a basketball.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	basketball	basketball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate immediate treatment |  |  |  | for a finger | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition treatment=Theme for finger=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **jam** | participle |  | a finger *not said here* |  |  |  | by a basketball | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by basketball=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Cooling with wrapped ice and presentation to an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e3:o1:1
# text = Cooling with wrapped ice and presentation to an adult
1	Cooling	cool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	presentation	presentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with wrapped ice and presentation; to a adult | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with ice=Instrument |
| 2 | **wrap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Continued play without attention of any kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e3:o2:1
# text = Continued play without attention of any kind
1	Continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | participle |  | play |  |  |  | without attention of any kind | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent play=Theme |
| 2 | **attend** |  | any kind |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Repeated bending of the joint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e3:o3:1
# text = Repeated bending of the joint
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	bending	bending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vigorous traction upon the finger to restore the joint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating:e3:o4:1
# text = Vigorous traction upon the finger to restore the joint
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	traction	traction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	joint	joint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | the joint |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent joint=Theme |

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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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