--- title: Ascertain the treatment most commonly employed for a fracture of the… — Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the treatment most commonly employed for a fracture of the collarbone. Exam question 4 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; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones Ascertain the treatment most commonly employed for a fracture of the collarbone. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, employ, fracture · **To what, where:** treatment, collarbone This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the treatment most commonly employed for a fracture of the collarbone. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 commonly commonly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fracture fracture NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 collarbone collarbone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the treatment | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Topic | | 2 | **employ** | participle | | the treatment *not said here* | | | | for a fracture of the collarbone; commonly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for fracture=Eventuality | | 3 | **fracture** | | | the collarbone | | | | | nom fracture «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} No support of any kind is provided ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e4:o1:1 # text = No support of any kind is provided 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** | present · passive | | no support of any kind | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **support** | | | any kind | | | | | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The arm is supported in a sling ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e4:o2:1 # text = The arm is supported in a sling 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sling sling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **support** | present · passive | | the arm | | a sling | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} The bone is manipulated by a teammate ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e4:o3:1 # text = The bone is manipulated by a teammate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 manipulated manipulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 teammate teammate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manipulate** | present · passive | a teammate | the bone | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The entire torso is encased in plaster ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:e4:o4:1 # text = The entire torso is encased in plaster 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 torso torso NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 encased encase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **encase** | present · passive | | the entire torso | | plaster | | | tree rules | **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. 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