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title: What would happen if you never washed your hands all winter? — Colds, coughs and the weather · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if you never washed your hands all winter? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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 8 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather

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What would happen if you never washed your hands all winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, not wash · **To what, where:** hands

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» of the myths 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/myths/4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t8:1
# text = What would happen if you never washed your hands all winter?
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **not** **wash** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | your hands |  |  | winter |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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You'd be more likely to pass on and catch cold viruses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t8:o1:1
# text = You'd be more likely to pass on and catch cold viruses
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | You |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass on** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **catch** | present | You *not said here* | cold viruses |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virus=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You'd only get colds in the summer instead of the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t8:o2:1
# text = You'd only get colds in the summer instead of the winter
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | You | colds |  |  | summer; winter |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You'd be safer, because a bit of dirt protects you from germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t8:o3:1
# text = You'd be safer, because a bit of dirt protects you from germs
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | You |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **protect** | present | a bit of dirt |  | you |  |  | from germs | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary from germ=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, because colds only ever come from breathing cold air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:4-colds-coughs-and-the-weather:t8:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because colds only ever come from breathing cold air
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | colds |  |  |  | ever |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **breathe** | gerund | colds *not said here* | cold air |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

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