Test 4 · The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad

«my nan says dirt's good for kids, so no need to wash hands before tea» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan · What happens: say, wash, be · To what, where: dirt, hands · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 257 «The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dirt	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dirt	amod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 kids	case
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 good	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 need	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 need	advmod
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 need	det
13	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 wash	mark
15	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 need	acl
16	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wash	obj
17	before	before	ADP	_	18 tea	case
18	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wash	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 wash	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wash	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my nan	dirt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dirt=Topic
2	wash in a quote	to-infinitive	my nan not said here	hands	before tea		tree rules
3	is	present				right 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

No, children should never go outdoors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	should	children					outdoors property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Playing outdoors may help, but you should still wash hands before eating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 help	csubj
2	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	1 Playing	advmod
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wash	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 wash	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 wash	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 wash	aux
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 wash	advmod
10	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	conj
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wash	obj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 eating	mark
13	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 wash	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund				outdoors property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	may	Playing				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	wash	should	you	hands	still		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
4	eat	gerund	you not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Right, washing your hands is bad for you, so you should never do it at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	7 bad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 washing	punct
3	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 bad	csubj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 washing	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bad	cop
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 bad	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 do	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 do	advmod
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bad	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund		your hands			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	is	present	washing			for you; bad property	tree rules
3	not do	should	you	it	all		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

Right, dirt is a healthy food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	7 food	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 food	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 food	det
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	dirt	a healthy food					tree rules

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