--- title: A girl broke her wrist, and after some weeks in a cast it was whole… — The skeleton and muscles · tree and pragmatics description: A girl broke her wrist, and after some weeks in a cast it was whole again. Why? Test 5 of lesson 31 «The skeleton and muscles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/31-skeleton-and-muscles/t5/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The skeleton and muscles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/31-skeleton-and-muscles/) / t5 # Test 5 · The skeleton and muscles A girl broke her wrist, and after some weeks in a cast it was whole again. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, wrist · **What happens:** break, be · **To what, where:** wrist This is test 5 of lesson 31 «The skeleton and muscles» of the world 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/world/31-skeleton-and-muscles/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl broke her wrist, and after some weeks in a cast it was whole again. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t5:1 # text = A girl broke her wrist, and after some weeks in a cast it was whole again. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | a girl | girl's wrist | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wrist=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | wrist | | | | again; week | whole *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t5:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The muscle took over the job of the bone ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t5:o1:1 # text = The muscle took over the job of the bone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take over** | past | the muscle | the job of the bone | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme | | 2 | **job** | | the bone | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The cast glued the bone together ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t5:o2:1 # text = The cast glued the bone together 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 glued glue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glue** | past | the cast | the bone | | | | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Living bone grew and joined the break ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t5:o3:1 # text = Living bone grew and joined the break 1 Living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | Living bone | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **join** | past | Living bone *not said here* | the break | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A new bone grew in another place ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:31-skeleton-and-muscles:t5:o4:1 # text = A new bone grew in another place 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | a new bone | | | another place | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | **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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