Exam question 4 · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

State the recommended practice subsequent to brushing with a fluoride toothpaste.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: recommend, brush

This is exam question 4 of lesson 352 «Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subsequent	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 subsequent	det
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 subsequent	amod
4	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subsequent	compound
5	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	SCONJ	_	7 brushing	mark
7	brushing	brush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 subsequent	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 toothpaste	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 toothpaste	det
10	fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 toothpaste	compound
11	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brushing	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 subsequent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	brush	gerund						with a fluoride toothpaste	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with toothpaste=Instrument

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

A sweet is to be consumed forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sweet	det
2	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consumed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 consumed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 consumed	aux:pass
6	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 consumed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		a sweet				forthwith property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2

The toothpaste is to be swallowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 toothpaste	det
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 swallowed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 swallowed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 swallowed	aux:pass
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	present · passive		the toothpaste					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The residue is to be spat out without rinsing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 residue	det
2	residue	residue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spat	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 spat	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 spat	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 spat	aux:pass
6	spat	spat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 spat	compound:prt
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 rinsing	mark
9	rinsing	rinse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 spat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spat out	present · passive		the residue					tree rules
2	rinse	gerund							vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The mouth is to be rinsed thoroughly with water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouth	det
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rinsed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rinsed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 rinsed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 rinsed	aux:pass
6	rinsed	rinse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	6 rinsed	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rinsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	present · passive		the mouth				with water; thoroughly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

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