Test 8 · ★ · The cast: itching, signing and the saw

Which part of the healing arm is in danger if the cast is too tight?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: part, cast · What happens: be · To what, where: danger

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2 «The cast: itching, signing and the saw» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 part	det
2	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 danger	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 arm	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arm	det
5	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arm	compound
6	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 part	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 danger	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 danger	case
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 tight	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cast	det
12	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tight	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 tight	cop
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 tight	advmod
15	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 danger	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 danger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which part of the healing arm			danger			tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the cast					tight 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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Blood vessels and nerves being squeezed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vessels	compound
2	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squeezed	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 nerves	cc
4	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 vessels	conj
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 squeezed	aux:pass
6	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	gerund · passive		Blood vessels and nerves					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The cast cracking open from the inside out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cast	det
2	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cracking	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cast	acl
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cracking	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 inside	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inside	det
7	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cracking	obl
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 inside	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	gerund	the cast not said here			the inside		open property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The skin getting too warm to itch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skin	det
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	nsubj
3	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 warm	advmod
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 getting	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 itch	mark
7	itch	itch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 warm	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund	the skin					warm property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	itch	to-infinitive	the skin not said here						vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The bone growing too long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bone	det
2	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bone	acl
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 growing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	the bone not said here					long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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