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title: In a cartoon a dog gets bonked, sees stars, shakes his head and runs… — A knock to the head in sport: if in do… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a dog gets bonked, sees stars, shakes his head and runs on. What would happen in real sport? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 47 «A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 11 · ★★ · A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out

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In a cartoon a dog gets bonked, sees stars, shakes his head and runs on. What would happen in real sport?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** get, bonk, see, shake, run on, happen · **To what, where:** cartoon, stars, head, real sport

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 47 «A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out» 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/47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dog gets bonked, sees stars, shakes his head and runs on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon a dog gets bonked, sees stars, shakes his head and runs 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	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	bonked	bonk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	shakes	shake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	on	on	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a dog |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bonk** | participle | a dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | present | a dog *not said here* | stars |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |
| 4 | **shake** | present |  | dog's head |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 5 | **run on** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 would happen in real sport?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t11:2
# text = What would happen in real sport?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | real sport |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in sport=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He'd need only a plaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t11:o1:1
# text = He'd need only a plaster
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | would | He | a plaster |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plaster=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He'd be fine, stars mean no injury

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t11:o2:1
# text = He'd be fine, stars mean no injury
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | He |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | stars | no injury |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He'd get a free kick and play on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t11:o3:1
# text = He'd get a free kick and play on
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | He | a free kick and play |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kick=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He'd come off for the day with suspected concussion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t11:o4:1
# text = He'd come off for the day with suspected concussion
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	suspected	suspect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	concussion	concussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come off** | would | He |  |  |  | day | with suspected concussion | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **suspect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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