Test 4 · ★ · Germs, the immune system and hand-washing
Ben coughs into his hand then opens the door. What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, problem · What happens: cough, open, be · To what, where: hand, door
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «Germs, the immune system and hand-washing» of the medicine 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: Ben coughs into his hand then opens the door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 coughs | nsubj |
| 2 | coughs | cough | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 hand | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coughs | obl |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 opens | advmod |
| 7 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 coughs | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opens | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 coughs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cough | present | Ben | Ben's hand | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into hand=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | open | present | Ben not said here | the door | then | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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's the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, coughs don't carry any germs at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 coughs | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | coughs | cough | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 carry | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 carry | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 carry | advmod |
| 6 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 germs | det |
| 8 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 carry | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not carry | present · do-support | Nothing coughs | any germs | all | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
Option 2
The door handle gets sticky, that's all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 handle | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handle | compound |
| 3 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 all | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 all | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 all | cop |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 gets | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the door handle | sticky property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Germs from his hand go onto the handle for others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 hand | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hand | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Germs | nmod |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 8 handle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 handle | det |
| 8 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 others | case |
| 10 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | infinitive | Germs from his hand | the handle | for others | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto handle=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Germs die on hands the moment they land there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 die | nsubj |
| 2 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 hands | case |
| 4 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 die | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 moment | det |
| 6 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 die | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 land | nsubj |
| 8 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 moment | acl:relcl |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 die | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | Germs | hands; there | moment | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | land | present | Germs = germ | the moment not said here | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme moment=Destination |
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