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title: A girl falls and her wrist hurts badly. How can the doctor find out… — Medicines, doctors and hospitals · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl falls and her wrist hurts badly. How can the doctor find out if a bone is broken without cutting? Test 3 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» 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 
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# Test 3 · Medicines, doctors and hospitals

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A girl falls and her wrist hurts badly. How can the doctor find out if a bone is broken without cutting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, wrist, doctor · **What happens:** fall, hurt, find out, break, cut · **To what, where:** bone

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This is test 3 of lesson 94 «Medicines, doctors and hospitals» 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/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl falls and her wrist hurts badly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t3:1
# text = A girl falls and her wrist hurts badly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | girl's wrist |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* How can the doctor find out if a bone is broken without cutting?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t3:2
# text = How can the doctor find out if a bone is broken without cutting?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | can | the doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | a bone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **cut** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By taking an X-ray

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t3:o1:1
# text = By taking an X-ray
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | a X ray |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ray=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By listening with a stethoscope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t3:o2:1
# text = By listening with a stethoscope
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stethoscope	stethoscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a stethoscope | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By measuring her temperature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t3:o3:1
# text = By measuring her temperature
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	measuring	measure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | gerund |  | her temperature |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme temperature=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By giving her an antibiotic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:94-medicines-doctors-hospitals:t3:o4:1
# text = By giving her an antibiotic
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	antibiotic	antibiotic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | a antibiotic | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient antibiotic=Theme |

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