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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the items that… — Eyes, nose and using the toilet · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the items that may properly be flushed down a toilet? Exam question 2 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'
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# Exam question 2 · Eyes, nose and using the toilet

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the items that may properly be flushed down a toilet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, flush down · **To what, where:** items

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the items that may properly be flushed down a toilet?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	flushed	flush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	down	down	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the items |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **flush down** | may · passive |  | the items |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Any item small enough to pass the bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e2:o1:1
# text = Any item small enough to pass the bowl
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | to-infinitive |  | the bowl |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bowl=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toilet paper together with wet wipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e2:o2:1
# text = Toilet paper together with wet wipes
1	Toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wipes	wipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Toilet paper only, and only as much as is needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e2:o3:1
# text = Toilet paper only, and only as much as is needed
1	Toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · passive |  | Toilet paper |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Paper towels and tissues in any quantity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet:e2:o4:1
# text = Paper towels and tissues in any quantity
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	towels	towel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tissues	tissue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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