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What would happen without his idea winning? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Semmelweis, hands · **What happens:** tell, wash, laugh, happen, win · **To what, where:** doctors, 1847, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day» of the history 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/history/65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In 1847 Semmelweis told doctors to wash their hands and they laughed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t5:1 # text = In 1847 Semmelweis told doctors to wash their hands and they laughed. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1847 1847 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 3 Semmelweis Semmelweis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Semmelweis | | doctors | 1847 | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **wash** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Semmelweis *not said here* | doctors's hands | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **laugh** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would happen without his idea winning? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t5:2 # text = What would happen without his idea winning? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | without Semmelweis's idea | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **win** | gerund | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Doctors would get cleaner anyway by magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t5:o1:1 # text = Doctors would get cleaner anyway by magic 1 Doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 cleaner clean ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Doctors | | | | | by magic; anyway, clean *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, germs do not exist ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t5:o2:1 # text = Nothing, germs do not exist 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 exist exist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **exist** | present · do-support | Nothing germs | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Far more people would die from germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t5:o3:1 # text = Far more people would die from germs 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | would | more people | | | germs | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from germ=Causer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hospitals would close for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day:t5:o4:1 # text = Hospitals would close for ever 1 Hospitals hospital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | would | Hospitals | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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