Test 2 · ★ · Germs, hygiene and vaccines
A class washes their hands before lunch. Fewer children get tummy bugs. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: class, Fewer children · What happens: wash, get · To what, where: hands, tummy bugs
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» of the world 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 class washes their hands before lunch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 washes | nsubj |
| 3 | washes | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hands | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 washes | obj |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 lunch | case |
| 7 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 washes | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 washes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | present | a class | their hands | before lunch | 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.
Sentence 2: Fewer children get tummy bugs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bugs | compound |
| 5 | bugs | bug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Fewer children | tummy bugs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bug=Stimulus |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fewer germs reach their mouths with the food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 germs | amod |
| 2 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reach | nsubj |
| 3 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mouths | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mouths | mouth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reach | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 food | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 food | det |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reach | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | present | Fewer germs | germs's mouths | with the food | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |
Option 2
Soap gives them extra vitamins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gives | iobj |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 vitamins | amod |
| 5 | vitamins | vitamin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Soap | extra vitamins | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient vitamin=Theme |
Option 3
Washing the hands makes their stomachs stronger and tougher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washing | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hands | det |
| 3 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Washing | obj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 stomachs | nmod:poss |
| 6 | stomachs | stomach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 makes | obj |
| 7 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tougher | cc |
| 9 | tougher | tough | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 stronger | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | gerund | the hands | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Washing | hands's stomachs | strong property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stomach=Product |
Option 4
The water warms their food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warms | nsubj |
| 3 | warms | warm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 food | nmod:poss |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warms | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warm | present | the water | their food | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
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