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title: Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy).… — Changing-room germs · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy). What should his mum suggest? Test 3 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 right.
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# Test 3 · Changing-room germs

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Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy). What should his mum suggest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Itchy, mum · **What happens:** mean, suggest · **To what, where:** Josh

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t3:1
# text = Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy).
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Adelaide	Adelaide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Itchy | Josh from Adelaide |  |  |  | itchy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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 should his mum suggest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t3:2
# text = What should his mum suggest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | should | Josh's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dry between the toes and use pharmacy cream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t3:o1:1
# text = Dry between the toes and use pharmacy cream
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	pharmacy	pharmacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present |  | pharmacy cream |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep the wet socks on longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t3:o2:1
# text = Keep the wet socks on longer
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wet socks |  |  |  | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rub mud on the toes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t3:o3:1
# text = Rub mud on the toes
1	Rub	rub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Share socks with his brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:59-changing-room-germs:t3:o4:1
# text = Share socks with his brother
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | socks |  |  |  | with his brother | tree rules |

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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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