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title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Food on the floor and kitchen rules · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the transfer of microorganisms to food dropped upon a floor. Exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 2 · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the transfer of microorganisms to food dropped upon a floor.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, drop, transfer · **To what, where:** response, transfer, food, floor, microorganisms

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/myths/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e2:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the transfer of microorganisms to food dropped upon a floor.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	microorganisms	microorganism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the transfer of microorganisms to food |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus transfer=Experiencer |
| 5 | **drop** | participle |  | food *not said here* |  | a floor |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon floor=Trajectory |
| 6 | **transfer** |  |  | microorganisms to food |  |  |  |  | nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No transfer occurs to dry foods under any circumstances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e2:o1:1
# text = No transfer occurs to dry foods under any circumstances
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | no transfer |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dry** | to-infinitive | no transfer *not said here* | foods |  | any circumstances |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient food=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Transfer occurs only upon carpeted surfaces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e2:o2:1
# text = Transfer occurs only upon carpeted surfaces
1	Transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	carpeted	carpet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	surfaces	surface	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | Transfer | carpeted surfaces |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carpet** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Transfer may occur in less than one second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e2:o3:1
# text = Transfer may occur in less than one second
1	Transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	7	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | may | Transfer |  |  |  | second |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Transfer occurs only after exactly five seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules:e2:o4:1
# text = Transfer occurs only after exactly five seconds
1	Transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | Transfer |  |  |  | second |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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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