Test 2 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

Why must girls especially wipe from front to back?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girls · What happens: wipe · To what, where: front

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 wipe	advmod
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wipe	aux
3	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wipe	nsubj
4	especially	especially	ADV	_	5 wipe	advmod
5	wipe	wipe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 front	case
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wipe	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 back	case
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 front	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wipe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	must	girls			front to back		especially property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent from front=Trajectory

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

It is quicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quicker	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quicker	cop
3	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It keeps germs from the bottom away from where you wee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 bottom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bottom	det
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl
7	away	away	ADV	_	2 keeps	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 where	case
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 away	obl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 wee	nsubj
11	wee	wee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 where	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	germs		the bottom		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer germ=Beneficiary from bottom=Eventuality
2	wee	present	you						tree rules

Option 3

It keeps the toilet seat clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seat	det
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	compound
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the toilet seat				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme

Option 4

It uses less toilet paper than wiping from back to front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 paper	amod
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paper	compound
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	7 wiping	mark
7	wiping	wipe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 uses	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 back	case
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wiping	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 front	case
11	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wiping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	It	less toilet paper					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient
2	wipe	gerund				back		to front	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent from back=Trajectory

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