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title: why bother with soap, water washes germs off anyway innit — Germs, hygiene and vaccines · tree and pragmatics
description: why bother with soap, water washes germs off anyway innit Test 10 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Germs, hygiene and vaccines

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why bother with soap, water washes germs off anyway innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, water · **What happens:** bother, wash off · **To what, where:** germs

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 37 «Germs, hygiene and vaccines» of the world 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/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t10:1
# text = why bother with soap, water washes germs off anyway innit
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	bother	bother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	washes	wash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
11	innit	innit	PROPN	ADD	_	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with soap; anyway *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **wash off** | present | water | germs |  |  |  | off *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=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 {#o1}

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Soap just makes the hands smell nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t10:o1:1
# text = Soap just makes the hands smell nice
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	smell	smell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
7	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Soap |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **smell** | present | the hands |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Soap breaks the oily layer holding germs, so water can wash them away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t10:o2:1
# text = Soap breaks the oily layer holding germs, so water can wash them away
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	oily	oily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | Soap | the oily layer |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer layer=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | the oily layer *not said here* | germs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
| 3 | **wash away** | can | water | germs *= germ* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Soap kills germs only when the water is very hot, otherwise it does nothing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t10:o3:1
# text = Soap kills germs only when the water is very hot, otherwise it does nothing
1	Soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | Soap | germs |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present | water | nothing |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Water alone removes all germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t10:o4:1
# text = Water alone removes all germs
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | Water | all germs |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=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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