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title: Where a pupil describes a visibly bleeding injury as "merely a scrat… — Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where a pupil describes a visibly bleeding injury as "merely a scratch", determine the correct classification of the remark. Exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 2 · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

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Where a pupil describes a visibly bleeding injury as "merely a scratch", determine the correct classification of the remark.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** describe, bleed, determine, classify · **To what, where:** bleeding injury, correct classification, remark

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/reflection/31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e2:1
# text = Where a pupil describes a visibly bleeding injury as "merely a scratch", determine the correct classification of the remark.
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	visibly	visibly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	scratch	scratch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | a pupil | a bleeding injury |  |  |  | as a scratch | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent injury=Theme as scratch=Attribute |
| 2 | **bleed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | visibly *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct classification of the remark |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic |
| 4 | **classify** |  |  | the remark |  |  |  |  | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Understatement, warranting a check and an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e2:o1:1
# text = Understatement, warranting a check and an adult
1	Understatement	understatement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	warranting	warrant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warrant** | gerund |  | a check and a adult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A falsehood intended solely to deceive the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e2:o2:1
# text = A falsehood intended solely to deceive the teacher
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | a falsehood *not said here* |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deceive** | to-infinitive |  | the teacher |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An accurate description requiring no response

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e2:o3:1
# text = An accurate description requiring no response
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | a accurate description *not said here* | no response |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hyperbole, warranting no further action whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times:e2:o4:1
# text = Hyperbole, warranting no further action whatsoever
1	Hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	warranting	warrant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warrant** | gerund | Hyperbole | no further action |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

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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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