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title: Dad says "mud's good for you". What's fair? — Germs, the immune system and hand-wash… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad says "mud's good for you". What's fair? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «Germs, the immune system and hand-washing» of the medicine 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 2 · ★ · Germs, the immune system and hand-washing

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Dad says "mud's good for you". What's fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, mud · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «Germs, the immune system and hand-washing» of the medicine 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/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad says "mud's good for you".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t2:1
# text = Dad says "mud's good for you".
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mud |  |  |  |  | for you; good *property* | tree rules |

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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's fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t2:2
# text = What's fair?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mud cures colds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t2:o1:1
# text = Mud cures colds
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | present | Mud | colds |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Outdoor play and microbes may help the immune system, then wash before eating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t2:o2:1
# text = Outdoor play and microbes may help the immune system, then wash before eating
1	Outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	microbes	microbe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	immune	immune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | may | Outdoor play and microbes | the immune system |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent system=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **wash** | infinitive | Outdoor play and microbes *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | gerund | Outdoor play and microbes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eat a bit of mud daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t2:o3:1
# text = Eat a bit of mud daily
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | a bit of mud |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mud is always dangerous and should never be touched by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t2:o4:1
# text = Mud is always dangerous and should never be touched by children
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mud |  |  |  |  | always, dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **touch** | should · passive | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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