Test 7 · ★ · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

«my nan says Washington had wooden teeth, everyone knows that» What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, Washington, everyone · What happens: say, have, know, be · To what, where: wooden teeth, that, truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Washington	Washington	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teeth	amod
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 had	conj
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 knows	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 truth	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 truth	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 truth	det
17	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my nan		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	past	Washington	wooden teeth	tree rules
3	know in a quote	present	everyone	that	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
4	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

Yes, and they lasted his whole life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 lasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lasted	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lasted	cc
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lasted	nsubj
5	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lasted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	they	his whole life					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme life=Value

Option 2

No, he had all his own teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 teeth	det:predet
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teeth	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teeth	amod
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	his own teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His false teeth were ivory, metal and real teeth, not wood

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	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 teeth	amod
3	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ivory	cop
5	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teeth	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 metal	punct
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teeth	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 teeth	cc
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teeth	amod
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teeth	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wood	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 wood	advmod
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teeth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		ivory					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, oak teeth carved by a carpenter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 teeth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teeth	compound
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 teeth	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 carpenter	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 carpenter	det
8	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	participle		oak teeth not said here				by a carpenter	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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