Test 5 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands
A boy rinses only his palms quickly. What has he probably missed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: rinse, have, miss · To what, where: palms
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy rinses only his palms quickly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rinses | nsubj |
| 3 | rinses | rinse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 palms | advmod |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 palms | nmod:poss |
| 6 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rinses | obj |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 rinses | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rinses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rinse | present | a boy | boy's palms | quickly property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent palm=Source |
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.
Sentence 2: What has he probably missed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 missed | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 missed | advmod |
| 5 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | parataxis |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | miss | past | boy | probably property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, the palms are where all the germs on our hands live
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 where | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 palms | det |
| 4 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 where | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 where | cop |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 germs | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 germs | det |
| 9 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 live | nsubj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 hands | case |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 germs | nmod |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 where | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | where property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | all germs on our hands | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Only clean parts that need no washing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 parts | advmod |
| 2 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 parts | amod |
| 3 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 need | nsubj |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 parts | acl:relcl |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 washing | det |
| 7 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | clean parts | no washing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot washing=Theme |
Option 3
Only the germs on his elbows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 germs | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 germs | det |
| 3 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 elbows | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 elbows | nmod:poss |
| 6 | elbows | elbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 germs | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Germs between his fingers, on his thumbs and on his wrists
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 4 fingers | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Germs | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 thumbs | punct |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 thumbs | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 thumbs | nmod:poss |
| 8 | thumbs | thumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fingers | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wrists | cc |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 wrists | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 wrists | nmod:poss |
| 12 | wrists | wrist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fingers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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