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title: A boy rinses only his palms quickly. What has he probably missed? — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy rinses only his palms quickly. What has he probably missed? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

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A boy rinses only his palms quickly. What has he probably missed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** rinse, have, miss · **To what, where:** palms

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy rinses only his palms quickly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t5:1
# text = A boy rinses only his palms quickly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rinses	rinse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | present | a boy | boy's palms |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent palm=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What has he probably missed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t5:2
# text = What has he probably missed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **miss** | past | boy |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, the palms are where all the germs on our hands live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, the palms are where all the germs on our hands live
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | all germs on our hands |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only clean parts that need no washing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t5:o2:1
# text = Only clean parts that need no washing
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | clean parts | no washing |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot washing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the germs on his elbows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t5:o3:1
# text = Only the germs on his elbows
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Germs between his fingers, on his thumbs and on his wrists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t5:o4:1
# text = Germs between his fingers, on his thumbs and on his wrists
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wrists	wrist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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