Test 6 · The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad

Why did many doctors in 1847 laugh at Semmelweis?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, laugh · To what, where: many doctors, 1847, Semmelweis

This is test 6 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 laugh	advcl
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 doctors	amod
4	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 did	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1847	case
6	1847	1847	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 did	obl
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Semmelweis	case
9	Semmelweis	Semmelweis	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 laugh	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 laugh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		many doctors		1847			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Eventuality
2	laugh	present				Semmelweis			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Nobody yet knew about germs, so handwashing seemed pointless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 knew	nsubj
2	yet	yet	ADV	_	3 knew	advmod
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 germs	case
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knew	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 seemed	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 seemed	advmod
8	handwashing	handwashing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seemed	nsubj
9	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	parataxis
10	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seemed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	Nobody				yet	about germs	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about germ=Stimulus
2	seem	past	handwashing					pointless property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2

His own hands were too dirty for anybody to listen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hands	amod
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dirty	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dirty	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dirty	advmod
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 anybody	case
8	anybody	anybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 dirty	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 listen	mark
10	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dirty	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His own hands					for anybody; dirty property	tree rules
2	listen	to-infinitive	His own hands not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He wanted them to wash their hands in warm milk instead of in water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wash	mark
5	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wash	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 milk	case
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 milk	amod
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wash	obl
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	14 water	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	them = they					tree rules
2	wash not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they not said here	their hands		warm milk		instead water	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 4

He was only a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 child	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 child	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 child	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a child					tree rules

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