Test 2 · ★ · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist
«it says sugar free on the can, so I can sip it all day, no harm» What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, I · What happens: say, sip, be · To what, where: sugar, truth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 352 «Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist» 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 says | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obj |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sugar | amod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 can | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 can | det |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sip | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 sip | advmod |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 sip | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 sip | aux |
| 13 | sip | sip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sip | obj |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 day | det |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sip | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 harm | punct |
| 18 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 19 harm | det |
| 19 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sip | parataxis |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 harm | punct |
| 21 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 truth | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 truth | cop |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 truth | det |
| 24 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sip | parataxis |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | it | sugar | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sip in a quote | can | I | sugar | day | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is a | present | the truth | 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
Only the bubbles harm teeth, not the drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 bubbles | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bubbles | det |
| 3 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 harm | nsubj |
| 4 | harm | harm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 harm | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 drink | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 drink | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 drink | det |
| 9 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | harm | present | the bubbles | teeth | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |
Option 2
Sugar-free drinks clean the teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 free | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sugar | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 drinks | amod |
| 4 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 clean | nsubj |
| 5 | clean | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teeth | det |
| 7 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 clean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | present | free drinks | the teeth | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
Option 3
It is fine if you brush after the last sip
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 brush | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 brush | nsubj |
| 6 | brush | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 sip | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sip | det |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sip | amod |
| 10 | sip | sip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brush | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | brush a condition, not said to happen | present | you | after the last sip | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is still acidic, so sipping all day keeps softening enamel
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 acidic | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 acidic | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 acidic | advmod |
| 4 | acidic | acidic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 keeps | csubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sipping | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 sipping | advmod |
| 7 | sipping | sip | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 acidic | advcl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sipping | obj |
| 10 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | softening | soften | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 keeps | xcomp |
| 12 | enamel | enamel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 softening | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | still | acidic property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sip | gerund | day | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | keep | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | soften | gerund | enamel | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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