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title: Why does washing with soap work better than just water? — Wild birds, bats and germs from animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does washing with soap work better than just water? Test 7 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals

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Why does washing with soap work better than just water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** wash

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t7:1
# text = Why does washing with soap work better than just water?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | with soap work; well *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with work=Instrument |

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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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Water alone is always dirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t7:o1:1
# text = Water alone is always dirty
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Water |  |  |  |  | always, dirty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Soap smells nice to germs, so they come out to eat it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t7:o2:1
# text = Soap smells nice to germs, so they come out to eat it
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | Soap |  |  |  |  | to germs; nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to germ=Experiencer |
| 2 | **come out** | present | germs *= germ* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | germs *= germ* *not said here* | Soap |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Water makes germs grow faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t7:o3:1
# text = Water makes germs grow faster
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Water | germs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | germs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Soap loosens the dirt and germs so they rinse away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:29-germs-from-animals:t7:o4:1
# text = Soap loosens the dirt and germs so they rinse away
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loosens	loosen	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	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rinse	rinse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loosen** | present | Soap | the dirt and germs |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dirt=Patient |
| 2 | **rinse away** | present | dirt |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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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