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title: Ruby's netball finger looks bent. Mate: «Wise up, just pull it strai… — Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby's netball finger looks bent. Mate: «Wise up, just pull it straight». Should she? Test 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; Mova's choic
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# Test 1 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones

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Ruby's netball finger looks bent. Mate: «Wise up, just pull it straight». Should she?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** netball finger, you · **What happens:** look, wise up, pull · **To what, where:** Mate

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This is test 1 of lesson 48 «Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones» 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/48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby's netball finger looks bent.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:1
# text = Ruby's netball finger looks bent.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	netball	netball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Ruby's netball finger |  |  |  |  | bent *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Mate: «Wise up, just pull it straight».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:2
# text = Mate: «Wise up, just pull it straight».
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Wise	wise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wise up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | Mate |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Should she?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:3
# text = Should she?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, she should bend it the other way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:o1:1
# text = No, she should bend it the other way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | should | she | it |  |  |  | the other way *obl:unmarked* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only by the coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only by the coach
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, keep it still and get an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:o3:1
# text = No, keep it still and get an adult
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a quick pull fixes it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, a quick pull fixes it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | a quick pull | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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