Test 7 · Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise

«had a fizzy drink and a sweet, too tired to brush, whatever» Why is brushing at bedtime especially important?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fizzy drink · What happens: have, brush · To what, where: fizzy drink, whatever, bedtime

This is test 7 of lesson 72 «Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise» 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 had	punct
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 drink	det
4	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 drink	amod
5	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tired	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sweet	det
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tired	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tired	punct
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 tired	advmod
11	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 had	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 brush	mark
13	brush	brush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tired	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 whatever	punct
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 brush	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 whatever	punct
17	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	19 brushing	advmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 brushing	aux
19	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 brush	advcl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 bedtime	case
21	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brushing	obl
22	especially	especially	ADV	_	23 important	advmod
23	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 brushing	advcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have in a quote	past		a fizzy drink		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient
2	brush in a quote	to-infinitive	a fizzy drink not said here	whatever		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme
3	brush	present · progressive	a fizzy drink not said here		bedtime	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at bedtime=Destination

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

Bacteria feed on sugar all night and make acid that eats enamel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feed	nsubj
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 sugar	case
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 feed	conj
9	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 eats	nsubj
11	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 acid	acl:relcl
12	enamel	enamel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	Bacteria		night	on sugar	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on sugar=Patient
2	make	present	Bacteria not said here	acid			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acid=Product
3	eat	present	acid	enamel			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient

Option 2

Toothpaste helps you fall asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Toothpaste	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	fall	infinitive	you not said here					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Saliva is stronger at night and protects teeth, so brushing matters less in the morning

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saliva	saliva	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stronger	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stronger	cop
3	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stronger	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 protects	cc
7	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stronger	conj
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 protects	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 matters	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 matters	advmod
11	brushing	brushing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 matters	nsubj
12	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stronger	conj
13	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 matters	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 morning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Saliva		night	strong property	tree rules
2	protect	present	Saliva not said here	teeth			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary
3	matter	present	brushing		morning	less property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Teeth grow at night and need cleaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 night	case
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 need	cc
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grow	conj
7	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Teeth				night		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present	Teeth not said here	cleaning					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaning=Theme

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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