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title: A boy in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils.… — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils. What could happen? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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 wa
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

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A boy in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils. What could happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** sneeze, hand out, happen · **To what, where:** hand, pencils

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t1:1
# text = A boy in Liverpool sneezes into his hand and then hands out pencils.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sneezes	sneeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	hands	hand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** | present | a boy in Liverpool |  |  | boy's hand |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hand out** | present | a boy in Liverpool *not said here* | pencils |  |  | then |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pencil=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t1:2
# text = What could happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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His germs could spread to the whole table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t1:o1:1
# text = His germs could spread to the whole table
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | could | His germs |  |  |  |  | to the whole table | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The germs would stay on his hand only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t1:o2:1
# text = The germs would stay on his hand only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | the germs |  |  | his hand |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pencils would kill the germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t1:o3:1
# text = The pencils would kill the germs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | would | the pencils | the germs |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nothing, germs need a full minute to get onto things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t1:o4:1
# text = Nothing, germs need a full minute to get onto things
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	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Nothing germs |  |  |  | minute |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Nothing germs *not said here* |  |  | things |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme onto thing=Destination |

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