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title: Determine the course of action required of a pupil upon discovering… — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the course of action required of a pupil upon discovering that the soap at school has been exhausted. Exam question 4 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 optio
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# Exam question 4 · The dentist and washing your hands

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Determine the course of action required of a pupil upon discovering that the soap at school has been exhausted.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** determine, require, discover, exhaust · **To what, where:** course, action, soap

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e4:1
# text = Determine the course of action required of a pupil upon discovering that the soap at school has been exhausted.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **require** | participle |  | action *not said here* |  |  |  | of a pupil | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** | gerund | a pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **exhaust** | present · perfect · passive |  | the soap at school |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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Abstain from washing for the remainder of term

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e4:o1:1
# text = Abstain from washing for the remainder of term
1	Abstain	abstain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wash** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the remainder of term | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Inform a teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e4:o2:1
# text = Inform a teacher
1	Inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a teacher |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Use washing-up liquid from the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e4:o3:1
# text = Use washing-up liquid from the kitchen
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | washing liquid |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Rinse with water alone and say nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e4:o4:1
# text = Rinse with water alone and say nothing
1	Rinse	rinse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with water; alone *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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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