--- title: What would happen if everyone stopped washing their hands before mea… — Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good a… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if everyone stopped washing their hands before meals? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 63 «Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses/t3/) [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/) / [Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad What would happen if everyone stopped washing their hands before meals? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** happen, stop, wash · **To what, where:** hands This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 63 «Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad» 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/63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t3:1 # text = What would happen if everyone stopped washing their hands before meals? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 washing wash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | everyone | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **wash** | gerund | everyone *not said here* | their hands | | | before meals | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Food would taste better ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t3:o1:1 # text = Food would taste better 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** | would | Food | | | | | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, germs cannot live on hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t3:o2:1 # text = Nothing, germs cannot live on hands 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | can | Nothing germs | | | hands | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Everyone would become immune at once and never get ill again ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t3:o3:1 # text = Everyone would become immune at once and never get ill again 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 immune immune ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Everyone | | | | | immune *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **get** | infinitive | Everyone *not said here* | | | | again | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} More germs would spread and more people would get ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t3:o4:1 # text = More germs would spread and more people would get ill 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | would | More germs | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | would | more people | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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