--- title: tortoise looks clean, why wash hands — Wild birds, bats and germs from animals · tree and pragmatics description: tortoise looks clean, why wash hands Test 12 · ★ of lesson 29 «Wild birds, bats and germs from animals» of the everyday 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/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/t12/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Wild birds, bats and germs from animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals tortoise looks clean, why wash hands **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tortoise · **What happens:** look, wash · **To what, where:** hands This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 29 «Wild birds, bats and germs from animals» of the everyday 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/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t12:1 # text = tortoise looks clean, why wash hands 1 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | tortoise | | | | | clean *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **wash** | infinitive | tortoise *not said here* | hands | | | | | 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 {#o1} It's only for dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t12:o1:1 # text = It's only for dogs 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for dogs | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They leave dust on you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t12:o2:1 # text = They leave dust on you 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present | They | dust | | | | on you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dust=Theme on you=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tortoise shells are sharp ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t12:o3:1 # text = Tortoise shells are sharp 1 Tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tortoise shells | | | | | sharp *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Reptiles can carry salmonella ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t12:o4:1 # text = Reptiles can carry salmonella 1 Reptiles reptile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 salmonella salmonella NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | can | Reptiles | salmonella | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmonella=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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