Test 7 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals

Why does washing with soap work better than just water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: wash

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 washing	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 washing	aux
3	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 work	case
5	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 work	compound
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 washing	obl
7	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 washing	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 water	advmod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 better	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 washing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · do-support						with soap work; well property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with work=Instrument

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

Water alone is always dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dirty	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Water	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dirty	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 dirty	advmod
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Water					always, dirty property	tree rules

Option 2

Soap smells nice to germs, so they come out to eat it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smells	nsubj
2	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 smells	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 germs	case
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 smells	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 come	nsubj
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 smells	parataxis
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 eat	mark
12	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 come	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Soap		to germs; nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to germ=Experiencer
2	come out	present	germs = germ		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	eat	to-infinitive	germs = germ not said here	Soap		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Water makes germs grow faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Water	germs					tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	germs not said here					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Soap loosens the dirt and germs so they rinse away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loosens	nsubj
2	loosens	loosen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dirt	det
4	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loosens	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 germs	cc
6	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dirt	conj
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 rinse	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rinse	nsubj
9	rinse	rinse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 loosens	advcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 rinse	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loosen	present	Soap	the dirt and germs					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dirt=Patient
2	rinse away	present	dirt					away property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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