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title: My mate says getting a tan means healthy skin. Right? — Burns, sunburn and stings · tree and pragmatics
description: My mate says getting a tan means healthy skin. Right? Test 4 of lesson 6 «Burns, sunburn and stings» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · Burns, sunburn and stings

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My mate says getting a tan means healthy skin. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, getting · **What happens:** say, get, mean · **To what, where:** tan, healthy skin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 6 «Burns, sunburn and stings» 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/6-burns-sunburn-and-stings/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My mate says getting a tan means healthy skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t4:1
# text = My mate says getting a tan means healthy skin.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | My mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | gerund |  | a tan |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tan=Stimulus |
| 3 | **mean** | present | getting | healthy skin |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Topic |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t4:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a tan is a sign of skin damage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t4:o1:1
# text = No, a tan is a sign of skin damage
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tan | a sign |  |  |  | of skin damage | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, brown skin can't burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, brown skin can't burn
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **burn** | can | brown skin |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a tan comes from the food you eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t4:o3:1
# text = No, a tan comes from the food you eat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | a tan |  |  | the food |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from food=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **eat** | present | you | the food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a tan protects you fully from burning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, a tan protects you fully from burning
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | a tan |  | you |  |  | fully *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | a tan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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