Exam question 1 · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

Identify the correct practice immediately following the brushing of the teeth.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, follow · To what, where: correct practice, brushing

This is exam question 1 of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 practice	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 practice	amod
4	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	1 Identify	advmod
6	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brushing	det
8	brushing	brushing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 following	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 teeth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teeth	det
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 brushing	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the correct practice				immediately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent practice=Theme
2	follow	gerund	you not said here	the brushing of the teeth					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brushing=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The toothpaste is spat out without rinsing with water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 toothpaste	det
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spat	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spat	aux:pass
4	spat	spat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 spat	compound:prt
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 rinsing	mark
7	rinsing	rinse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 spat	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rinsing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spat out	present · passive		the toothpaste					tree rules
2	rinse	gerund						with water	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with cold water at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouth	det
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinsed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rinsed	aux:pass
4	rinsed	rinse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	_	4 rinsed	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinsed	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 rinsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	present · passive		the mouth				with cold water; thoroughly property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 3

The mouth is rinsed with fruit juice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouth	det
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinsed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rinsed	aux:pass
4	rinsed	rinse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 juice	case
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 juice	compound
7	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rinsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	present · passive		the mouth				with fruit juice	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 4

Toothpaste is swallowed for further protection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	aux:pass
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 protection	case
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 protection	amod
6	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	present · passive		Toothpaste				for further protection	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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