--- title: A family wants to use less water. Which habit helps? — Teeth, baths and showers, safety glass… · tree and pragmatics description: A family wants to use less water. Which habit helps? Test 4 · ★ 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 of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/t4/) [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/) / [Teeth, baths and showers, safety glass…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed,… A family wants to use less water. Which habit helps? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, habit · **What happens:** want, use, help · **To what, where:** less water This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» 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/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family wants to use less water. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t4:1 # text = A family wants to use less water. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a family | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a family *not said here* | less water | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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. *Sentence 2:* Which habit helps? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t4:2 # text = Which habit helps? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | which habit | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Washing every cup under running water ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t4:o1:1 # text = Washing every cup under running water 1 Washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | gerund | | every cup | | running water | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Taking five-minute showers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t4:o2:1 # text = Taking five-minute showers 1 Taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 showers shower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | | minute showers | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shower=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Leaving the tap running while brushing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t4:o3:1 # text = Leaving the tap running while brushing 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 brushing brush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | the tap | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tap=Theme | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **brush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Taking very long baths every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t4:o4:1 # text = Taking very long baths every day 1 Taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 baths bath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | | long baths | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=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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