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title: Dev: «only an ache, I'm batting next» after landing on his hand. Wha… — Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dev: «only an ache, I'm batting next» after landing on his hand. What's best? Test 2 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 ri
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# Test 2 · Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones

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Dev: «only an ache, I'm batting next» after landing on his hand. What's best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dev · **What happens:** bat, land, be · **To what, where:** hand

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dev: «only an ache, I'm batting next» after landing on his hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t2:1
# text = Dev: «only an ache, I'm batting next» after landing on his hand.
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ache	ache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	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	batting	bat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	next	next	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	landing	land	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bat** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Dev |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **land** | gerund | Dev *not said here* |  |  | Dev's hand |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on hand=Destination |

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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's best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t2:2
# text = What's best?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tell an adult; a wrist break can feel like an ache

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t2:o1:1
# text = Tell an adult; a wrist break can feel like an ache
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ache	ache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** | can | a wrist break |  |  |  |  | like a ache | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like ache=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ignore it until next season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t2:o2:1
# text = Ignore it until next season
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | season |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ice it for a minute then bat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t2:o3:1
# text = Ice it for a minute then bat
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bat with the other hand and see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:48-broken-bones-in-sport-fingers-wrists-and-collarbones:t2:o4:1
# text = Bat with the other hand and see
1	Bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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