Test 8 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

What would happen if you never washed your hands all winter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, not wash · To what, where: hands

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 washed	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 washed	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 washed	advmod
7	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hands	nmod:poss
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 washed	obj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 winter	det
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 washed	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not wash a condition, not said to happen	past	you	your hands			winter		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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

You'd be more likely to pass on and catch cold viruses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 likely	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 likely	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 likely	cop
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pass	mark
7	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 likely	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 pass	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 catch	cc
10	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 likely	conj
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 viruses	amod
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	would	You		likely property	tree rules
2	pass on	to-infinitive	You not said here			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	catch	present	You not said here	cold viruses		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virus=Theme

Option 2

You'd only get colds in the summer instead of the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 summer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 summer	det
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	12 winter	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	9 instead	fixed
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 winter	det
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	You	colds			summer; winter		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus

Option 3

You'd be safer, because a bit of dirt protects you from germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 safer	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 safer	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 safer	cop
4	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 protects	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 protects	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 protects	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 dirt	case
10	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nmod
11	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safer	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 protects	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 germs	case
14	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 protects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	You					safe property	tree rules
2	protect	present	a bit of dirt		you			from germs	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary from germ=Theme

Option 4

Nothing, because colds only ever come from breathing cold air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 come	mark
4	colds	cold	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 come	advmod
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	conj
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 breathing	mark
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 come	advcl
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 air	amod
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breathing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	colds				ever		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	breathe	gerund	colds not said here	cold air					vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

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