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Test 1 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

A boy in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils. What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: sneeze, hand out, happen · To what, where: hand, pencils

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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 in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils.

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	5 sneezes	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Liverpool	case
4	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	sneezes	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sneezes	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hands	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 hands	advmod
11	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sneezes	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 hands	compound:prt
13	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hands	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sneezes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneeze	present	a boy in Liverpool			boy's hand			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hand out	present	a boy in Liverpool not said here	pencils			then		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pencil=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.

Sentence 2: What could happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	could							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

His germs could spread to the whole table

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 germs	nmod:poss
2	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spread	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spread	aux
4	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 table	amod
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	could	His germs					to the whole table	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The germs would stay on his hand only

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	4 stay	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
8	only	only	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	would	the germs			his hand			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location

Option 3

The pencils would kill the germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pencils	det
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kill	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kill	aux
4	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 germs	det
6	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kill	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	would	the pencils	the germs					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, germs need a full minute to get onto things

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 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 minute	amod
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 minute	acl
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	11 things	case
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Nothing germs				minute		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	get	to-infinitive	Nothing germs not said here			things			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme onto thing=Destination

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