--- title: Which habit puts germs into the mouth? — Hair, nails and ears · tree and pragmatics description: Which habit puts germs into the mouth? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Hair, nails and ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears Which habit puts germs into the mouth? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** habit · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** germs, mouth This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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/77-hair-nails-and-ears/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t7:1 # text = Which habit puts germs into the mouth? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | which habit | germs | | the mouth | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent germ=Goal | 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} Using nail clippers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t7:o1:1 # text = Using nail clippers 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 clippers clipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | nail clippers | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clipper=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keeping your nails short ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t7:o2:1 # text = Keeping your nails short 1 Keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | your nails | | | | short *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Scrubbing under your nails ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t7:o3:1 # text = Scrubbing under your nails 1 Scrubbing scrub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scrub** | gerund | | | | your nails | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Biting your nails ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t7:o4:1 # text = Biting your nails 1 Biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | gerund | | your nails | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Patient | **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. 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