--- title: Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». What would… — Changing-room germs · tree and pragmatics description: Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». What would happen? Test 2 of lesson 59 «Changing-room germs» 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/59-changing-room-germs/t2/) [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/) / [Changing-room germs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/59-changing-room-germs/) / t2 # Test 2 · Changing-room germs Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». What would happen? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** say, dig out, happen · **To what, where:** roots · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 59 «Changing-room germs» 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/59-changing-room-germs/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t2:1 # text = Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lucas's friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **dig out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the roots | | | | with a pin; out *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent root=Theme with pin=Instrument | 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? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t2:2 # text = What would happen? 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? 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 | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It would cure it at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t2:o1:1 # text = It would cure it at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | would | It | it | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It could hurt and spread the verruca ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t2:o2:1 # text = It could hurt and spread the verruca 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 verruca verruca NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | could | It | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **spread** | infinitive | | the verruca | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verruca=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nothing, verrucas feel no pain ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing, verrucas feel no pain 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 verrucas verruca NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | Nothing verrucas | no pain | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would pull out the roots and cure it ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t2:o4:1 # text = It would pull out the roots and cure it 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | would | It | the roots | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cure** | infinitive | | it | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Source | **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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