Test 18 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals

my mate said turtles are clean cos they live in water so u don't need to wash ur hands

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, turtles, u · What happens: say, be, live, not need, wash · To what, where: water, hands · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 29 «Wild birds, bats and germs from animals» of the everyday 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clean	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	cop
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 live	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 live	nsubj
9	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 need	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 live	obl
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 need	advmod
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 need	nsubj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 need	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 need	advmod
16	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 wash	mark
18	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 need	xcomp
19	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 hands	nmod:poss
20	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	turtles			clean property	tree rules
3	live	present	turtles = turtle		water		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location
4	not need	present · do-support	u				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	wash not said to happen	to-infinitive	u not said here	ur's hands			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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

He is right, unless the turtle is ill

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ill	punct
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	9 ill	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 turtle	det
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ill	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the turtle					ill property	tree rules

Option 2

He is right, only furry pets carry germs

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 carry	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 pets	advmod
6	furry	furry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pets	amod
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carry	nsubj
8	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	carry	present	furry pets	germs					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

Option 3

He is right, water keeps them germ-free

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keeps	obj
8	germ	germ	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 free	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 germ	punct
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	keep	present	water	them = they				free property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; turtles often carry salmonella, so wash your hands after touching them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turtles	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 carry	advmod
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	salmonella	salmonella	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wash	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 wash	advmod
9	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 carry	conj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wash	obj
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 touching	mark
13	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 wash	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 touching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	present	Wrong turtles	salmonella	often property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmonella=Theme
2	wash	infinitive	Wrong turtles not said here	your hands		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
3	touch	gerund	Wrong turtles not said here	hands = hand		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme

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