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title: Which helps a child with hay fever on a high pollen day? — Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma · tree and pragmatics
description: Which helps a child with hay fever on a high pollen day? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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 5 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

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Which helps a child with hay fever on a high pollen day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** child

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t5:1
# text = Which helps a child with hay fever on a high pollen day?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	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	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  | a child |  | day | with hay fever | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary with fever=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keeping windows closed and washing their face after being out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t5:o1:1
# text = Keeping windows closed and washing their face after being out
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | windows |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close** | participle | windows *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **wash out** | gerund |  | windows's face |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sleeping with the bedroom window wide open all night to get fresh air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t5:o2:1
# text = Sleeping with the bedroom window wide open all night to get fresh air
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the bedroom window | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | fresh air |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rubbing their eyes when they itch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t5:o3:1
# text = Rubbing their eyes when they itch
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	itch	itch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | gerund |  | their eyes |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 2 | **itch** | present | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mowing the lawn in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:85-splinters-stings-and-allergies:t5:o4:1
# text = Mowing the lawn in the afternoon
1	Mowing	mow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mow** | gerund |  | the lawn |  |  | afternoon |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient |

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