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description: Identify the most frequent mechanism by which a child sustains a fracture of the wrist. Exam question 1 of lesson 48 «Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 1 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones

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Identify the most frequent mechanism by which a child sustains a fracture of the wrist.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** identify, sustain, fracture · **To what, where:** frequent mechanism, fracture, wrist

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 48 «Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones» 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/48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e1:1
# text = Identify the most frequent mechanism by which a child sustains a fracture of the wrist.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sustains	sustain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fracture	fracture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the frequent mechanism |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mechanism=Theme |
| 2 | **sustain** | present | a child | a fracture of the wrist |  |  |  | by the frequent mechanism | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fracture=Theme |
| 3 | **fracture** |  |  | the wrist |  |  |  |  | nom fracture «state transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Catching a ball with both hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e1:o1:1
# text = Catching a ball with both hands
1	Catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | gerund |  | a ball |  |  |  | with both hands | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sleeping upon the affected limb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e1:o2:1
# text = Sleeping upon the affected limb
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	affected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	limb	limb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the affected limb | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **affect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Prolonged writing with a pencil at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e1:o3:1
# text = Prolonged writing with a pencil at school
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

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

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A fall upon an outstretched hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e1:o4:1
# text = A fall upon an outstretched hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	outstretched	outstretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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