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title: A doctor in the 1840s told other doctors to wash their hands. What h… — Germs, hygiene and vaccines · tree and pragmatics
description: A doctor in the 1840s told other doctors to wash their hands. What happened? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Germs, hygiene and vaccines

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A doctor in the 1840s told other doctors to wash their hands. What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** doctor · **What happens:** tell, wash, happen · **To what, where:** other doctors, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A doctor in the 1840s told other doctors to wash their hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t6:1
# text = A doctor in the 1840s told other doctors to wash their hands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	1840s	1840	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	iobj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a doctor in the 1840s |  | other doctors |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wash** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a doctor in the 1840s *not said here* | their hands |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t6:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The hospital ran out of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t6:o1:1
# text = The hospital ran out of water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the hospital |  |  | water |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t6:o2:1
# text = Nothing changed
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Fewer mothers in his hospital died of infection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t6:o3:1
# text = Fewer mothers in his hospital died of infection
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	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	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	infection	infection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Fewer mothers in his hospital |  |  |  |  | of infection | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of infection=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More people caught colds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:37-germs-hygiene-vaccines:t6:o4:1
# text = More people caught colds
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle | More people | colds |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme |

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