Test 8 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

Which habit helps germs get inside your body?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: habit, germs · What happens: help, get · To what, where: germs, body

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 habit	det
2	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helps	obj
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helps	xcomp
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	which habit	germs					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent germ=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	get	infinitive	germs not said here			your body			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Sucking your fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sucking	suck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 fingers	nmod:poss
3	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sucking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suck	gerund		your fingers					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent finger=Source

Option 2

Washing your hands before lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	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 Washing	obj
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 lunch	case
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Washing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund		your hands			before lunch		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

Sneezing into your elbow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sneezing	sneeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 elbow	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 elbow	nmod:poss
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sneezing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneeze	gerund				your elbow			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Using a tissue for your nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tissue	det
3	tissue	tissue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 nose	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nose	nmod:poss
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		a tissue				for your nose	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent tissue=Theme for nose=Eventuality

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