Exam question 2 · The dentist and washing your hands

Which of the following most accurately characterises thorough hand washing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: thorough hand washing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	thorough	thorough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 washing	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 washing	compound
10	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		thorough hand washing				accurately 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

Rinsing the palms briefly in cold water without soap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rinsing	rinse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 palms	det
3	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rinsing	obj
4	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	1 Rinsing	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rinsing	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 soap	case
9	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rinsing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	gerund		the palms		cold water		without soap; briefly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent palm=Source

Option 2

Wiping the hands upon one's clothing afterwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wiping	wipe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hands	det
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wiping	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 clothing	case
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 clothing	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wiping	obl
8	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	1 Wiping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	gerund		the hands		one's clothing		afterwards property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon clothing=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Rubbing the palms alone for a few seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 palms	det
3	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rubbing	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Rubbing	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 seconds	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seconds	det
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 seconds	amod
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rubbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		the palms			second	alone property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palm=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Rubbing the palms, backs, fingers, thumbs, fingertips and wrists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 palms	det
3	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rubbing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 backs	punct
5	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 palms	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fingers	punct
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 palms	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thumbs	punct
9	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 palms	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fingertips	punct
11	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 thumbs	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wrists	cc
13	wrists	wrist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 palms	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		the palms and backs and fingers and thumbs and fingertips and wrists					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palm=Theme

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