Test 7 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

What would probably happen if a child with a cold coughed into his hands and then opened the classroom door?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, cough, open · To what, where: child, hands, classroom door

This is test 7 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 coughed	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coughed	nsubj:pass
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 cold	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cold	det
10	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 child	nmod
11	coughed	cough	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happen	advcl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 hands	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hands	nmod:poss
14	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 coughed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 opened	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 opened	advmod
17	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 coughed	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 door	det
19	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 door	compound
20	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 opened	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cough a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive	a child with a cold	child's hands			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	open	past	the classroom door		then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

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

Nothing, germs stay on the hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 germs	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hands	det
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Nothing germs			the hands			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location

Option 2

The germs would all die on the cold metal door handle at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 germs	det
2	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 die	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 die	aux
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 die	advmod
5	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	11 handle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 handle	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 handle	amod
9	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 handle	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 handle	compound
11	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 die	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	would	the germs			the cold metal door handle		all property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

His cold would get better faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cold	nmod:poss
2	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	xcomp
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	His cold					fast, good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

The next people to touch the handle could catch his germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 people	det
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 catch	nsubj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 touch	mark
5	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 people	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 handle	det
7	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touch	obj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 catch	aux
9	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 germs	nmod:poss
11	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	to-infinitive	the next people not said here	the handle					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme handle=Co-Theme
2	catch	could	the next people	his germs					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

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