Test 12 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

just stroked the rabbit, can i have my sandwich

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: stroke, have · To what, where: rabbit, sandwich

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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	just	just	ADV	_	2 stroked	advmod
2	stroked	stroke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stroked	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stroked	conj
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sandwich	nmod:poss
10	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	past		the rabbit					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Experiencer
2	have	can	i	my sandwich					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wash your hands first, pets can carry germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wash	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Wash	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 carry	punct
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carry	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 carry	aux
8	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wash	advcl
9	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands				first property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	carry	can	pets	germs					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

Option 2

Yes, just wipe your hands on a towel or your jeans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wipe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 wipe	advmod
4	wipe	wipe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wipe	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 towel	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 towel	det
9	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wipe	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 jeans	cc
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 jeans	nmod:poss
12	jeans	jeans	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 towel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	imperative	you not said here	your hands		a towel or your jeans			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on towel=Trajectory

Option 3

Only wash if it scratched you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 wash	advmod
2	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 scratched	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scratched	nsubj
5	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wash	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 scratched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here						vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	scratch a condition, not said to happen	past	it	you					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

Yes, rabbits are always clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 clean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clean	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 clean	advmod
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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