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title: Why does a tissue or an elbow work better than hands for a sneeze? — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a tissue or an elbow work better than hands for a sneeze? Test 10 · ★★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

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Why does a tissue or an elbow work better than hands for a sneeze?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** tissue

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t10:1
# text = Why does a tissue or an elbow work better than hands for a sneeze?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tissue	tissue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a tissue or a elbow work |  |  |  | for a sneeze; well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tissue=Eventuality |

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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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Tissues make the sneeze shorter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t10:o1:1
# text = Tissues make the sneeze shorter
1	Tissues	tissue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Tissues | the sneeze |  |  |  | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sneeze=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hands are already too clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t10:o2:1
# text = Hands are already too clean
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Hands |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | tree rules |

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

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Hands touch many things and pass the germs on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t10:o3:1
# text = Hands touch many things and pass the germs on
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | present | Hands | many things |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | present | Hands *not said here* | the germs |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme germ=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Elbows kill germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t10:o4:1
# text = Elbows kill germs
1	Elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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

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