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title: Ant sting abroad, got some cream at A&E. Are foreign bites always da… — Burns, sunburn and stings · tree and pragmatics
description: Ant sting abroad, got some cream at A&E. Are foreign bites always dangerous? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Burns, sunburn and stings

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Ant sting abroad, got some cream at A&E. Are foreign bites always dangerous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ant sting, cream · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** foreign bites

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t9:1
# text = Ant sting abroad, got some cream at A&E. Are foreign bites always dangerous?
1	Ant	ant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	&	&	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	E.	E.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Ant sting |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | some cream at a & E. | foreign bites |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, all foreign bites are deadly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, all foreign bites are deadly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, foreign bites never hurt or swell at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t9:o2:1
# text = No, foreign bites never hurt or swell at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	swell	swell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | present | foreign bites |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **swell** | present | foreign bites *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

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No, most are not, but some need checking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t9:o3:1
# text = No, most are not, but some need checking
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	checking	checking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | some | checking |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot checking=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, you must fly home that same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:6-burns-sunburn-and-stings:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, you must fly home that same day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | must | you |  |  |  | day | home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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