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title: Identify the principal reason for wiping from front to back subseque… — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for wiping from front to back subsequent to use of the toilet. Exam question 1 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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 r
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# Exam question 1 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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Identify the principal reason for wiping from front to back subsequent to use of the toilet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal reason · **What happens:** identify, wipe, use · **To what, where:** principal reason, front

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for wiping from front to back subsequent to use of the toilet.
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	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wiping	wipe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 | **wipe** | gerund | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  | front to back subsequent |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent from front=Trajectory |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the toilet | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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It uses less toilet paper than any other method

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e1:o1:1
# text = It uses less toilet paper than any other method
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | less toilet paper |  |  |  | than any other method | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It keeps the toilet seat cleaner for others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e1:o2:1
# text = It keeps the toilet seat cleaner for others
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | the toilet seat cleaner |  |  |  | for others | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It prevents germs from the bottom reaching where one urinates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e1:o3:1
# text = It prevents germs from the bottom reaching where one urinates
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
10	urinates	urinate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | It | germs |  | the bottom |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer germ=Beneficiary from bottom=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund | the bottom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **urinate** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is quicker and so saves time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e1:o4:1
# text = It is quicker and so saves time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | present |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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