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description: What would probably happen if a child with a cold coughed into his hands and then opened the classroom door? Test 7 · ★ 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'
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# Test 7 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

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What would probably happen if a child with a cold coughed into his hands and then opened the classroom door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, cough, open · **To what, where:** child, hands, classroom door

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t7:1
# text = What would probably happen if a child with a cold coughed into his hands and then opened the classroom door?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	coughed	cough	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cough** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive |  | a child with a cold |  | child's hands |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **open** | past |  | the classroom door |  |  | then |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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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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Nothing, germs stay on the hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t7:o1:1
# text = Nothing, germs stay on the hands
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Nothing germs |  |  | the hands |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The germs would all die on the cold metal door handle at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t7:o2:1
# text = The germs would all die on the cold metal door handle at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | would | the germs |  |  | the cold metal door handle |  | all *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His cold would get better faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t7:o3:1
# text = His cold would get better faster
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | His cold |  |  |  |  | fast, good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The next people to touch the handle could catch his germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t7:o4:1
# text = The next people to touch the handle could catch his germs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | to-infinitive | the next people *not said here* | the handle |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme handle=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | could | the next people | his germs |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

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