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description: Identify the principal reason for which fruit and vegetables from the shop are washed before eating. Exam question 2 of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed,…

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Identify the principal reason for which fruit and vegetables from the shop are washed before eating.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, wash, eat · **To what, where:** principal reason, fruit

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» 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/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which fruit and vegetables from the shop are washed before eating.
1	Identify	identify	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	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **wash** | present · passive |  | which fruit and vegetables from the shop |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Unwashed fruit is illegal to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o1:1
# text = Unwashed fruit is illegal to eat
1	Unwashed	unwashed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Unwashed fruit |  |  |  |  | illegal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Unwashed fruit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Washing preserves their colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o2:1
# text = Washing preserves their colour
1	Washing	wash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	preserves	preserve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Washing makes them sweeter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o3:1
# text = Washing makes them sweeter
1	Washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Washing | them *= they* |  |  |  | sweet *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

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

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They may carry dirt or chemicals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o4:1
# text = They may carry dirt or chemicals
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | may | They | dirt or chemicals |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme |

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