--- title: Why do some kids get nosebleeds more in winter? — Nosebleeds and bumps on the head · tree and pragmatics description: Why do some kids get nosebleeds more in winter? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head/t6/) [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/) / [Nosebleeds and bumps on the head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Nosebleeds and bumps on the head Why do some kids get nosebleeds more in winter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** nosebleeds This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t6:1 # text = Why do some kids get nosebleeds more in winter? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 nosebleeds nosebleed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | some kids | nosebleeds | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent nosebleed=Beneficiary more=Theme | 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} Snow gets up into the nose ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t6:o1:1 # text = Snow gets up into the nose 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | present | Snow | | | the nose | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into nose=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cold weather makes the blood thinner and runnier ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t6:o2:1 # text = Cold weather makes the blood thinner and runnier 1 Cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 runnier runny ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Cold weather | the blood | | | | thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset blood=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} They eat more sweets in winter and get hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t6:o3:1 # text = They eat more sweets in winter and get hot 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | They | more sweets | | | winter | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Dry heated air dries the inside of the nose ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head:t6:o4:1 # text = Dry heated air dries the inside of the nose 1 Dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 heated heat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dries dry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 inside inside NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **dry** | present | Dry heated air | the inside of the nose | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient inside=Result | **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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