--- title: What would happen if doctors stopped washing their hands between pat… — Germs, the immune system and hand-wash… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if doctors stopped washing their hands between patients? Test 3 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Germs, the immune system and hand-wash…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Germs, the immune system and hand-washing What would happen if doctors stopped washing their hands between patients? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctors · **What happens:** happen, stop, wash · **To what, where:** hands This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t3:1 # text = What would happen if doctors stopped washing their hands between patients? 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 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 washing wash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 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 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 patients patient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | doctors | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **wash** | gerund | doctors *not said here* | doctors's hands | | | | between patients | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | 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} Nothing, germs don't live on clean-looking hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing, germs don't live on clean-looking hands 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | present · do-support | Nothing germs | | | looking hands | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Patients would get better faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t3:o2:1 # text = Patients would get better faster 1 Patients patient 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 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Patients | | | | | fast, good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only the doctors themselves would get ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t3:o3:1 # text = Only the doctors themselves would get ill 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the doctors doctors | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Germs would spread from patient to patient ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing:t3:o4:1 # text = Germs would spread from patient to patient 1 Germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | would | Germs | | | patient | | to patient | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. - ← previous: [Germs, the immune system and hand-wash…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/t2/) - next →: [Germs, the immune system and hand-wash…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/t4/) - ↑ back to [Germs, the immune system and hand-washing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/)