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# Exam question 4 · Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

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Ascertain the principal reason for which hands are to be washed with soap following contact with farm animals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, wash, follow · **To what, where:** principal reason, hands, contact

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 206 «Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo» of the everyday 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/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the principal reason for which hands are to be washed with soap following contact with farm animals.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **wash** | present · passive | you *not said here* | hands |  |  |  | for the principal reason; with soap | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with soap=Instrument |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | you *not said here* | contact |  |  |  | with farm animals | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contact=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Soap prevents the animals from biting one later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e4:o1:1
# text = Soap prevents the animals from biting one later
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | Soap | the animals |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer animal=Theme |
| 2 | **bite** | gerund | Soap *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Farm animals dislike the smell of children's unwashed hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e4:o2:1
# text = Farm animals dislike the smell of children's unwashed hands
1	Farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dislike	dislike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	unwashed	unwashed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dislike** | present | Farm animals | the smell of children's unwashed hands |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus |
| 2 | **smell** |  | children's unwashed hands |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is required only if the animal was visibly dirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e4:o3:1
# text = It is required only if the animal was visibly dirty
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	visibly	visibly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the animal |  |  |  |  | dirty, visibly *property* | tree rules |

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

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Farm animals may carry germs such as E. coli

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo:e4:o4:1
# text = Farm animals may carry germs such as E. coli
1	Farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	E.	E.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coli	coli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | may | Farm animals | germs |  |  |  | such E. coli | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

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