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title: Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!» What would happen if he d… — Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists… · tree and pragmatics
description: Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!» What would happen if he did? Test 11 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones

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Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!» What would happen if he did?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cast · **What happens:** tackle, happen, do

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t11:1
# text = Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!»
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Cast	Cast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	tackling	tackle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tackle** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Cast |  |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 if he did?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t11:2
# text = What would happen if he did?
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Cast |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His cast would grow back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t11:o1:1
# text = His cast would grow back
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | would | His cast |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, a healed bone can't break again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t11:o2:1
# text = Nothing, a healed bone can't break again
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	healed	heal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **break** | can | Nothing |  |  |  | again |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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The weak bone and muscles could be hurt again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t11:o3:1
# text = The weak bone and muscles could be hurt again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | could · passive |  | the weak bone and muscles |  |  | again |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bone would get stronger faster from the tackles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t11:o4:1
# text = The bone would get stronger faster from the tackles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tackles	tackle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the bone |  |  | the tackles |  | fast, strong *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from tackle=Destination |

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