Test 3 · How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding

Why should you wash your hands after cleaning a pet mouse's cage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wash, clean · To what, where: hands, cage

This is test 3 of lesson 120 «How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and hiding» of the biology 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 wash	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wash	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wash	nsubj
4	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wash	obj
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 cleaning	mark
8	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 wash	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mouse	det
10	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mouse	compound
11	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cage	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mouse	case
13	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cleaning	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	should	you	your hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	clean	gerund	you not said here	a pet mouse's cage					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cage=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mice and their droppings can carry germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 droppings	cc
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 droppings	nmod:poss
4	droppings	dropping	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mice	conj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 carry	aux
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	can	Mice and Mice's droppings	germs					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

Option 2

It makes the mouse happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mouse	det
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the mouse				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mouse=Product

Option 3

The cage is made of poison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cage	det
2	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 poison	case
6	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the cage				of poison	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Mouse fur makes your hands too soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fur	compound
2	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 soft	advmod
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Mouse fur	your hands				soft property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product

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