Test 3 · ★ · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist
A boy chews a disclosing tablet and his back teeth go bright pink. What does that tell him?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, back teeth, that · What happens: chew, disclose, go, tell · To what, where: disclosing tablet, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy chews a disclosing tablet and his back teeth go bright pink.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chews | nsubj |
| 3 | chews | chew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tablet | det |
| 5 | disclosing | disclose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 tablet | amod |
| 6 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chews | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 go | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 teeth | compound |
| 10 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 go | nsubj |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chews | conj |
| 12 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pink | amod |
| 13 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 go | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 chews | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chew | present | a boy | a disclosing tablet | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient | ||||
| 2 | disclose | gerund | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | go | present | boy's back teeth | pink property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 does that tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | that | boy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He has been missing the back teeth when brushing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 missing | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 missing | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 missing | aux |
| 4 | missing | miss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teeth | det |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 teeth | compound |
| 7 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 missing | obj |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 brushing | advmod |
| 9 | brushing | brush | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 missing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | present · perfect · progressive | He | the back teeth | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | brush | gerund | He not said here | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
His back teeth are stronger than the front
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teeth | compound |
| 3 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stronger | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stronger | cop |
| 5 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 front | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 front | det |
| 8 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stronger | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His back teeth | than the front; strong property | tree rules |
Option 3
His back teeth are rotten right through and must come out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teeth | compound |
| 3 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rotten | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rotten | cop |
| 5 | rotten | rotten | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 through | advmod |
| 7 | through | through | ADV | _ | 5 rotten | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 come | cc |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 come | aux |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rotten | conj |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His back teeth | rotten, through property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come out | must | His back teeth not said here | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The tablet only works on back teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tablet | det |
| 2 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 works | advmod |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 teeth | case |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 teeth | compound |
| 7 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | the tablet | on back teeth | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on tooth=Theme |
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