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title: Lucy's helmet cracked in her bike crash. Her brother says it was a r… — Nosebleeds and bumps on the head · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy's helmet cracked in her bike crash. Her brother says it was a rubbish helmet. Right? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 5 «Nosebleeds and bumps on the head» 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 4 · ★ · Nosebleeds and bumps on the head

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Lucy's helmet cracked in her bike crash. Her brother says it was a rubbish helmet. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** helmet, Lucy, brother · **What happens:** crack, crash, say, be · **To what, where:** bike crash, rubbish helmet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 5 «Nosebleeds and bumps on the head» 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/5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy's helmet cracked in her bike crash.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:1
# text = Lucy's helmet cracked in her bike crash.
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | Lucy's helmet |  |  | Lucy's bike crash |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in crash=Location |
| 2 | **crash** |  | Lucy |  |  |  |  |  | nom crash «event intransitive»: poss=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:* Her brother says it was a rubbish helmet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:2
# text = Her brother says it was a rubbish helmet.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lucy's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | helmet | a rubbish helmet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:3
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, a helmet cracking means it absorbed the force

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:o1:1
# text = No, a helmet cracking means it absorbed the force
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cracking	cracking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	absorbed	absorb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a helmet cracking |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **absorb** | past | cracking | the force |  |  |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal force=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, helmets don't actually do anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:o2:1
# text = No, helmets don't actually do anything
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present · do-support | helmets | anything |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it should be glued and reused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, it should be glued and reused
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	glued	glue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	reused	reuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | should · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **reuse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, good helmets never crack, however hard you hit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, good helmets never crack, however hard you hit
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	crack	crack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	however	however	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hit	hit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **crack** | present | good helmets |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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