Test 6 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth
«shark gets new teeth all the time, so do we innit, just keep losing em» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shark, we · What happens: get, innit, keep, lose, be · To what, where: new teeth, em · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 gets | punct |
| 2 | shark | shark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 teeth | amod |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gets | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 time | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 innit | advmod |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 innit | aux |
| 12 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 innit | nsubj |
| 13 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gets | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 keep | punct |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 keep | advmod |
| 16 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 innit | conj |
| 17 | losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 keep | xcomp |
| 18 | em | em | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 losing | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 keep | punct |
| 20 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 right | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 right | cop |
| 22 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 keep | parataxis |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present | shark | new teeth | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | innit in a quote | present · do-support | we | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | keep in a quote | infinitive | we not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | lose in a quote | gerund | we not said here | em | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent em=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, people get only one set
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 one | advmod |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 set | nummod |
| 7 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | people | one set | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer set=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, but only if they drink milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 drink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 drink | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 drink | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 drink | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 drink | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 drink | nsubj |
| 7 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | they | milk | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, people grow a whole new set of teeth every ten years or so
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 grow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 set | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 set | amod |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 set | amod |
| 8 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 teeth | case |
| 10 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 set | nmod |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 years | det |
| 12 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 so | cc |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 grow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | people | a whole new set of teeth | year | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location set=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, people get only two sets of teeth in a whole life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 two | advmod |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 sets | nummod |
| 7 | sets | set | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 teeth | case |
| 9 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sets | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 life | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 life | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 life | amod |
| 13 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | people | two sets of teeth | a whole life | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer set=Stimulus |
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