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title: After swimming, Leo's toes are itchy and flaky. What is the best adv… — Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast · tree and pragmatics
description: After swimming, Leo's toes are itchy and flaky. What is the best advice? Test 9 of lesson 62 «Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast» 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 right.
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# Test 9 · Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast

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After swimming, Leo's toes are itchy and flaky. What is the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** toes, best advice · **What happens:** swim, be

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This is test 9 of lesson 62 «Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast» 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/62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After swimming, Leo's toes are itchy and flaky.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t9:1
# text = After swimming, Leo's toes are itchy and flaky.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	flaky	flaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund | Leo's toes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Leo's toes |  |  |  |  | itchy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Leo's toes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t9:2
# text = What is the best advice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Run more to toughen the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t9:o1:1
# text = Run more to toughen the skin
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	toughen	toughen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme more=Trajectory |
| 2 | **toughen** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the skin |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep wet socks on to soothe it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t9:o2:1
# text = Keep wet socks on to soothe it
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	soothe	soothe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | wet socks |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |
| 2 | **soothe** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Put your feet in salty water every night before bed for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t9:o3:1
# text = Put your feet in salty water every night before bed for a week
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | your feet |  | salty water | before bed; night; week |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in water=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Dry between the toes well and wear flip-flops at the pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast:t9:o4:1
# text = Dry between the toes well and wear flip-flops at the pool
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	flip	flip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	flops	flop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | the Dry toes | flip flops |  | the pool |  | well *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent flop=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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