Test 7 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no gap where it came. What is the best advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, gap, best advice · What happens: find, come, be · To what, where: big new tooth, back

This is test 7 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: A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no gap where it came.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 six	case
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 girl	nmod
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tooth	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tooth	amod
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tooth	amod
9	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 back	det
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tooth	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 mouth	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mouth	nmod:poss
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 gap	cc
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 gap	det
18	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tooth	conj
19	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 came	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 came	nsubj
21	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 gap	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	a girl of six	a big new tooth and no gap		the back of girl's mouth			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme at back=Asset
2	come	past	gap						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 is the best advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advice	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best advice						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a permanent molar, so brush it well because it must last for life

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 molar	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 molar	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 molar	det
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 molar	amod
5	molar	molar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 brush	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 brush	advmod
8	brush	brush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 molar	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 brush	obj
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 brush	advmod
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 last	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 last	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 last	aux
14	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 brush	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 life	case
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 last	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a permanent molar		tree rules
2	brush	infinitive		molar	well property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	last	must	molar		for life	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is a mistake and the dentist will pull it out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mistake	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mistake	det
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pull	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dentist	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dentist	det
7	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	conj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 pull	aux
9	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pull	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 pull	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a mistake and the dentist					tree rules
2	pull out	future	a mistake and the dentist	dentist					tree rules

Option 3

It is a baby tooth, so it does not matter much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tooth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tooth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tooth	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tooth	compound
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 matter	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 matter	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 matter	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 matter	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 matter	advmod
11	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tooth	parataxis
12	much	much	ADV	_	11 matter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a baby tooth					tree rules
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

It is a wisdom tooth and will fall out soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tooth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tooth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tooth	det
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tooth	compound
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fall	cc
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fall	aux
8	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tooth	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 fall	compound:prt
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a wisdom tooth					tree rules
2	fall out	future						soon property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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