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description: Ascertain the duration of handwashing with soap recommended for the removal of most germs. Exam question 4 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup…

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Ascertain the duration of handwashing with soap recommended for the removal of most germs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, duration · **What happens:** ascertain, handwash, recommend, remove · **To what, where:** duration, soap, most germs

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 364 «The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccups and poo» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the duration of handwashing with soap recommended for the removal of most germs.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	handwashing	handwash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic |
| 2 | **handwash** | gerund | the duration *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with soap | tree rules |
| 3 | **recommend** | participle |  | soap *not said here* |  |  |  | for the removal of most germs | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for removal=Attribute |
| 4 | **remove** |  |  | most germs |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No duration, water alone being sufficient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e4:o1:1
# text = No duration, water alone being sufficient
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | no duration and water |  |  |  |  | sufficient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Approximately twenty seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e4:o2:1
# text = Approximately twenty seconds
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Approximately one hour on each occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e4:o3:1
# text = Approximately one hour on each occasion
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Approximately one second only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:e4:o4:1
# text = Approximately one second only
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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