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title: just stroked the rabbit, can i have my sandwich — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics
description: just stroked the rabbit, can i have my sandwich Test 12 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

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just stroked the rabbit, can i have my sandwich

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** stroke, have · **To what, where:** rabbit, sandwich

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t12:1
# text = just stroked the rabbit, can i have my sandwich
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	stroked	stroke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroke** | past |  | the rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | can | i | my sandwich |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient |

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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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Wash your hands first, pets can carry germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t12:o1:1
# text = Wash your hands first, pets can carry germs
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  |  |  | first *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | can | pets | germs |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, just wipe your hands on a towel or your jeans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, just wipe your hands on a towel or your jeans
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	jeans	jeans	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  | a towel or your jeans |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on towel=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only wash if it scratched you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t12:o3:1
# text = Only wash if it scratched you
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	scratched	scratch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **scratch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, rabbits are always clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, rabbits are always clean
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | rabbits |  |  |  |  | always, clean *property* | tree rules |

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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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