--- title: Why might a cold spread faster in a class full of nose pickers? — The body's rough side: burps, farts, s… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a cold spread faster in a class full of nose pickers? Test 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The body's rough side: burps, farts, s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/) / t4 # Test 4 · The body's rough side: burps, farts, snot, sneezes, hiccup… Why might a cold spread faster in a class full of nose pickers? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cold · **What happens:** spread This is test 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t4:1 # text = Why might a cold spread faster in a class full of nose pickers? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 pickers picker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | might | a cold | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nose picking makes the germs grow bigger and stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t4:o1:1 # text = Nose picking makes the germs grow bigger and stronger 1 Nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 picking picking NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 xcomp _ _ 7 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Nose picking | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | the germs | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Colds spread through bogeys flying through the air across the classroom ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t4:o2:1 # text = Colds spread through bogeys flying through the air across the classroom 1 Colds cold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bogeys bogey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 classroom classroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | Colds | | | bogeys | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through bogey=Location | | 2 | **fly** | gerund | bogeys *not said here* | | | the air | | across the classroom | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Picking puts germs on fingers, and fingers touch everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t4:o3:1 # text = Picking puts germs on fingers, and fingers touch everything 1 Picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | gerund | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put** | present | | germs | | fingers | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme on finger=Destination | | 3 | **touch** | present | fingers | everything | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme everything=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Picking makes noses run faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo:t4:o4:1 # text = Picking makes noses run faster 1 Picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 noses nose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | gerund | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | noses | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | infinitive | noses *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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