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title: It being given that chickens or their eggs have been handled, select… — Chickens, goats and little creatures · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that chickens or their eggs have been handled, select the practice consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 3 · Chickens, goats and little creatures

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It being given that chickens or their eggs have been handled, select the practice consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** give, handle, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, chickens, practice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:e3:1
# text = It being given that chickens or their eggs have been handled, select the practice consistent with established guidance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	handled	handle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **handle** | present · perfect · passive |  | chickens or chickens's eggs |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the practice |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The hands should be washed, chickens possibly carrying salmonella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:e3:o1:1
# text = The hands should be washed, chickens possibly carrying salmonella
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	salmonella	salmonella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | should · passive |  | the hands |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | chickens *not said here* | salmonella |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmonella=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hands need no washing if the eggs appear clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:e3:o2:1
# text = The hands need no washing if the eggs appear clean
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | the hands | no washing |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot washing=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the eggs |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eggs should be washed in the kitchen sink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:e3:o3:1
# text = The eggs should be washed in the kitchen sink
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | should · passive |  | the eggs |  | the kitchen sink |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hands should be wiped on grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures:e3:o4:1
# text = The hands should be wiped on grass
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe** | should · passive |  | the hands |  | grass |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on grass=Trajectory |

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