Test 6 · ★ · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

«tooth doesn't hurt so there's no hole, don't need the dentist» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tooth, hole · What happens: not hurt, be, not need · To what, where: dentist

This is test 6 · ★ 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	_	5 hurt	punct
2	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hurt	advmod
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 's	advmod
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 's	expl
8	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	parataxis
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 hole	det
10	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 's	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
12	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 need	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 need	advmod
14	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hurt	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dentist	det
16	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 hurt	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hurt	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not hurt in a quote	present · do-support	tooth				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	be in a quote	present	no hole		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not need in a quote	infinitive · do-support	tooth not said here	the dentist			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dentist=Theme
4	is	present				right property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Holes start small and painless, so checkups catch them early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 start	nsubj
2	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 start	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 painless	cc
5	painless	painless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 small	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 catch	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 catch	advmod
8	checkups	checkup	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 catch	nsubj
9	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 start	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 catch	obj
11	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 catch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	Holes					small property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	catch	present	checkups	Holes = hole				early property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

Holes always hurt from the first day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hurt	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 hurt	advmod
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	Holes				day	always property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

No pain always means there is no hole, so there is no need to go

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 pain	det
2	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 means	advmod
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 is	expl
6	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 hole	det
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 is	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 is	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 is	advmod
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 is	expl
12	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 need	det
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 is	nsubj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 go	mark
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 need	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	no pain		always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	no hole	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	be	present	no need	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go	to-infinitive	no need not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Dentists only look at teeth that hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dentists	dentist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 look	advmod
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 teeth	case
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 hurt	nsubj
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 teeth	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Dentists					at teeth	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tooth=Theme
2	hurt	present	teeth						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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