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title: Lucas: «got me scrum cap, mate, can't get concussed». Right? — A knock to the head in sport: if in do… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucas: «got me scrum cap, mate, can't get concussed». Right? Test 9 · ★★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out

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Lucas: «got me scrum cap, mate, can't get concussed». Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucas, me · **What happens:** get, scrum, not concuss · **To what, where:** me, cap

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas: «got me scrum cap, mate, can't get concussed».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t9:1
# text = Lucas: «got me scrum cap, mate, can't get concussed».
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	scrum	scrum	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	concussed	concuss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Lucas *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scrum** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | cap and mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **concuss** *in a quote* | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  | Lucas *vocative* | tree rules |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t9:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, headgear can't stop the brain moving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t9:o1:1
# text = No, headgear can't stop the brain moving
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	headgear	headgear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | can | headgear | the brain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | headgear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if he wears two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, if he wears two
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | he | two |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent two=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, scrum caps actually cause concussion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t9:o3:1
# text = No, scrum caps actually cause concussion
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	scrum	scrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	caps	cap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	concussion	concussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | scrum caps | concussion |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition concussion=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, scrum caps block concussion completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, scrum caps block concussion completely
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	scrum	scrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	caps	cap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	block	block	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	concussion	concussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | scrum caps | concussion |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer concussion=Theme |

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