---
title: State the approximate duration recommended for the washing of hands… — Germs, hygiene and vaccines · tree and pragmatics
description: State the approximate duration recommended for the washing of hands with soap. Exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/e4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Germs, hygiene and vaccines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/) / e4

# Exam question 4 · Germs, hygiene and vaccines

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the approximate duration recommended for the washing of hands with soap.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** recommend, wash · **To what, where:** State approximate duration, hands

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» of the world 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/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:e4:1
# text = State the approximate duration recommended for the washing of hands with soap.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle |  | the State approximate duration *not said here* |  |  |  | for the washing of hands with soap | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for washing=Attribute |
| 2 | **wash** |  |  | hands |  |  |  | with soap | nom washing «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:e4:o1:1
# text = Twenty minutes
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:e4:o2:1
# text = Twenty seconds
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:e4:o3:1
# text = Two seconds
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:e4:o4:1
# text = Two minutes
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Germs, hygiene and vaccines, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/e3/)
- next →: [Sleep, exercise and growing up, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/38-sleep-exercise-growing/t1/)
- ↑ back to [Germs, hygiene and vaccines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/)