Test 8 · ★ · Germs, hygiene and vaccines
A girl sneezes into her elbow instead of her hand. Why is that a good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: sneeze, be · To what, where: elbow, good idea
This is test 8 · ★ 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 girl sneezes into her elbow instead of her hand.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sneezes | nsubj |
| 3 | sneezes | sneeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 elbow | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 elbow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | elbow | elbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sneezes | obl |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 10 hand | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 instead | fixed |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 hand | nmod:poss |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sneezes | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sneezes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneeze | present | a girl | girl's elbow | instead girl's hand | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why is that a good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 idea | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 idea | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 idea | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her hands will not spread the germs to things she touches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hands | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 spread | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 spread | advmod |
| 5 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 germs | det |
| 7 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spread | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 things | case |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spread | obl |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 touches | nsubj |
| 11 | touches | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 things | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spread | future | Her hands | the germs | to things | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location germ=Theme | |||
| 2 | touch | present | she | things not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-Theme |
Option 2
Hands are needed to cool the sneeze
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 needed | aux:pass |
| 3 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cool | mark |
| 5 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 needed | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sneeze | det |
| 7 | sneeze | sneeze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cool | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · passive | Hands | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cool not said to happen | to-infinitive | Hands not said here | the sneeze | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sneeze=Patient |
Option 3
Elbows make sneezes quieter for the lungs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elbows | elbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sneezes | sneeze | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | quieter | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 lungs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lungs | det |
| 7 | lungs | lung | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 quieter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Elbows | sneezes | quiet property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sneeze=Product |
Option 4
Germs cannot live anywhere on the body
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 live | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 live | advmod |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 body | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 body | det |
| 8 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | can | Germs | the body | anywhere property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on body=Location |
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