--- title: Which of the following most accurately characterises thorough hand w… — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately characterises thorough hand washing? Exam question 2 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/e2/) [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/) / [The dentist and washing your hands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The dentist and washing your hands Which of the following most accurately characterises thorough hand washing? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** thorough hand washing This is exam question 2 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e2:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately characterises thorough hand washing? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 thorough thorough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | thorough hand washing | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} Rinsing the palms briefly in cold water without soap ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e2:o1:1 # text = Rinsing the palms briefly in cold water without soap 1 Rinsing rinse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 briefly briefly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rinse** | gerund | | the palms | | cold water | | without soap; briefly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent palm=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Wiping the hands upon one's clothing afterwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e2:o2:1 # text = Wiping the hands upon one's clothing afterwards 1 Wiping wipe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wipe** | gerund | | the hands | | one's clothing | | afterwards *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon clothing=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Rubbing the palms alone for a few seconds ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e2:o3:1 # text = Rubbing the palms alone for a few seconds 1 Rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | gerund | | the palms | | | second | alone *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palm=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Rubbing the palms, backs, fingers, thumbs, fingertips and wrists ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e2:o4:1 # text = Rubbing the palms, backs, fingers, thumbs, fingertips and wrists 1 Rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fingertips fingertip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 wrists wrist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | gerund | | the palms and backs and fingers and thumbs and fingertips and wrists | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palm=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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [The dentist and washing your hands, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/e1/) - next →: [The dentist and washing your hands, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/e3/) - ↑ back to [The dentist and washing your hands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/)