Test 4 · ★ · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

«brushed, then rinsed loads with water so it's proper clean» What did he get wrong?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: water, he · What happens: brush, rinse, be, get · To what, where: loads

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	2 brushed	punct
2	brushed	brush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rinsed	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 rinsed	advmod
5	rinsed	rinse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 brushed	conj
6	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rinsed	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rinsed	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 clean	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 clean	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 clean	cop
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 clean	amod
13	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rinsed	advcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 brushed	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 get	obj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 get	aux
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 get	nsubj
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 brushed	advcl
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 get	xcomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 brushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	brush in a quote	past					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rinse in a quote	participle		loads	then	with water	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent load=Source
3	is in a quote	present	water			clean property	tree rules
4	get	past · do-support	he			wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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

He should have used hot water

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 used	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	aux
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	should · perfect	He	hot water					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 2

He should rinse before brushing instead

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	3 rinse	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 rinse	aux
3	rinse	rinse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 brushing	mark
5	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rinse	advcl
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 rinse	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	should	He					instead property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	brush	gerund	He not said here						vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rinsing washes away the fluoride that should stay on the teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rinsing	rinse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 washes	nsubj
2	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 washes	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fluoride	det
5	fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washes	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stay	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stay	aux
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fluoride	acl:relcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 teeth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teeth	det
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rinse	gerund					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	wash away	present		the fluoride		away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fluoride=Patient
3	stay	should	the fluoride		the teeth		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tooth=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, rinsing lots with water is the most important part of brushing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 part	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rinsing	punct
3	rinsing	rinse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Nothing	acl
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rinsing	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rinsing	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 part	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 important	advmod
10	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 part	amod
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 brushing	case
13	brushing	brushing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	gerund		lots				with water	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lot=Source
2	is a	present	Nothing	the important part				of brushing	tree rules

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