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title: fingers gone white and numb from the snow — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: fingers gone white and numb from the snow Test 16 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

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fingers gone white and numb from the snow

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** fingers

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t16:1
# text = fingers gone white and numb from the snow
1	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | participle |  | fingers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep playing until they feel better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t16:o1:1
# text = Keep playing until they feel better
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **feel** | present | they |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Go in, warm them slowly, tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t16:o2:1
# text = Go in, warm them slowly, tell an adult
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **warm** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rub them hard with snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t16:o3:1
# text = Rub them hard with snow
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | with snow; hard *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with snow=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hold them under very hot water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t16:o4:1
# text = Hold them under very hot water
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | hot water |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme under water=Location |

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