Test 11 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

dropped my biscuit, 5 second rule!!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: drop · To what, where: biscuit

This is test 11 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 biscuit	nmod:poss
3	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dropped	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rule	punct
5	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 rule	nummod
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 rule	amod
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dropped	obl
8	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	1 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past		my biscuit				5 second rule obl	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if you blow on it first to get the germs off it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 blow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 blow	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 blow	nsubj
5	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blow	obl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 blow	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 blow	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 germs	det
12	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	you			it		first property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here	the germs				off it	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer germ=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The five second rule is a myth, germs get on at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rule	det
2	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 rule	nummod
3	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 rule	amod
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 myth	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 myth	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 myth	det
7	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
9	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	nsubj
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 myth	parataxis
11	on	on	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the five second rule	a myth					tree rules
2	get on	present	germs						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, it is safe within five seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 seconds	case
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 seconds	nummod
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safe	obl

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

Option 4

Yes, the floor at home is clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 clean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clean	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floor	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 clean	cop
8	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the floor at home					clean property	tree rules

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