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title: Identify the principal reason for which bath water is run cold first… — Washing your body and caring for your… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Washing your body and caring for your hair

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Identify the principal reason for which bath water is run cold first and tested by an adult before a child enters.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** identify, run, test, enter · **To what, where:** principal reason, bath water

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which bath water is run cold first and tested by an adult before a child enters.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | present · passive |  | bath water |  |  |  | for the principal reason; cold, first *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for which=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **test** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a adult | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **enter** | present | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=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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Hot water causes the soap to stop working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e1:o1:1
# text = Hot water causes the soap to stop working
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Hot water | the soap |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition soap=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | Hot water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** | gerund | Hot water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hot water may scald the skin severely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e1:o2:1
# text = Hot water may scald the skin severely
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	scald	scald	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scald** | may | Hot water | the skin |  |  |  | severely *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cold water makes the bath fill more quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e1:o3:1
# text = Cold water makes the bath fill more quickly
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	fill	fill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cold water | the bath |  |  |  | quickly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill** | present | the bath *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cold water first keeps the bath cleaner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e1:o4:1
# text = Cold water first keeps the bath cleaner
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Cold water | the bath cleaner |  |  |  | first *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Theme |

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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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