Test 4 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

Which is true about the five-second rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	9 rule	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rule	det
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 second	nummod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 five	punct
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 rule	amod
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the second rule; true property	tree rules

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

It is a myth, because germs get on food at once

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	4 myth	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 get	mark
7	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	parataxis
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth					tree rules
2	get	present	germs			food			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on food=Source

Option 2

It works only on clean kitchen floors, not on dirty ones

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 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 floors	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 floors	case
5	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 floors	amod
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floors	compound
7	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 works	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ones	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 ones	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 ones	case
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It					on dirty ones; on clean kitchen floors	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on floor=Theme

Option 3

Food is safe for exactly five seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 seconds	case
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 five	advmod
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 seconds	nummod
7	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	obl

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

Option 4

It works for sweets but not for fruit

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 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 sweets	case
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 works	obl
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 fruit	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 fruit	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 fruit	case
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sweets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It					for sweets but fruit	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for sweet=Beneficiary

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