Test 5 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom gets hit, all his teeth fall out in a heap, and he pushes them back in and smiles. What would really happen to a grown-up cat or person?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teeth, Tom · What happens: hit, fall out, push, smile, happen, grow up · To what, where: Tom, Tom cartoon, heap, teeth

This is test 5 of lesson 351 «Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth» of the biology 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom gets hit, all his teeth fall out in a heap, and he pushes them back in and smiles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cartoon	det
3	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cartoon	compound
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Jerry	cc
5	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Tom	conj
6	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	obl
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hit	nsubj:pass
8	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hit	aux:pass
9	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fall	punct
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 teeth	det:predet
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 teeth	nmod:poss
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fall	nsubj
14	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hit	conj
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 fall	compound:prt
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 heap	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 heap	det
18	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fall	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 pushes	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 pushes	cc
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 pushes	nsubj
22	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hit	conj
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 pushes	obj
24	back	back	ADV	_	25 in	advmod
25	in	in	ADV	_	22 pushes	advmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 smiles	cc
27	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 pushes	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hit	present · passive		Tom	a Tom cartoon	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	fall out	present	Tom's teeth		a heap	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in heap=Location
3	push	present	Tom	teeth = tooth		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	smile	present	Tom not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: What would really happen to a grown-up cat or person?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	10 cat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cat	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 grown	compound:prt
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happen	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 person	cc
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cat	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to a grown cat or person	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

New teeth grow back by the next morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 teeth	amod
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grow	nsubj
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 grow	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 morning	amod
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow back	present	New teeth				morning		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Knocked-out adult teeth need a dentist fast, and lost ones do not grow back

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 teeth	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Knocked	punct
3	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Knocked	compound
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teeth	compound
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dentist	det
8	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 need	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grow	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 grow	cc
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 grow	nsubj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 grow	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 grow	advmod
16	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 need	advcl
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	knock	participle				vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	need	present	Knocked adult teeth	a dentist	fast property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dentist=Theme
3	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not grow back	present · do-support	lost ones			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The teeth click straight back in and work fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teeth	det
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 click	nsubj
3	click	click	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 back	advmod
5	back	back	ADV	_	3 click	advmod
6	in	in	ADV	_	3 click	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 work	cc
8	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 click	conj
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 work	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	click	present	the teeth						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	present	the teeth not said here					fine property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Teeth only fall out in cartoons, never in real life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 fall	advmod
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 fall	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 cartoons	case
6	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 life	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 life	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 life	case
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall out	present	Teeth			cartoons		in real life	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location

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