Exam question 2 · Brushing your teeth
Which of the following most accurately characterises the recommended conduct immediately subsequent to brushing?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, recommend, brush · To what, where: recommended conduct
This is exam question 2 of lesson 73 «Brushing your teeth» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 characterises | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 characterises | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 characterises | csubj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 accurately | advmod |
| 6 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 7 characterises | advmod |
| 7 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 conduct | det |
| 9 | recommended | recommend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 conduct | amod |
| 10 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 characterises | obj |
| 11 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 12 subsequent | advmod |
| 12 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 conduct | amod |
| 13 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 14 brushing | mark |
| 14 | brushing | brush | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 subsequent | advcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the recommended conduct | accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | recommend | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | brush | gerund | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 teeth are brushed a second time without toothpaste
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teeth | det |
| 2 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 brushed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brushed | aux:pass |
| 4 | brushed | brush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 6 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brushed | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 toothpaste | case |
| 9 | toothpaste | toothpaste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | present · passive | the teeth | time | without toothpaste | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The toothpaste is swallowed so as to protect the teeth
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 swallowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 swallowed | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 protect | mark |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 protect | mark |
| 8 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 swallowed | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 teeth | det |
| 10 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | present · passive | the toothpaste | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | protect | to-infinitive | the teeth | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The toothpaste is expelled but the mouth is not rinsed at once
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 expelled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 expelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | expelled | expel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 rinsed | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mouth | det |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rinsed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 rinsed | aux:pass |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 rinsed | advmod |
| 10 | rinsed | rinse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 expelled | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 once | case |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 rinsed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expel | present · passive | the toothpaste | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not rinse | present · passive | the mouth | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
Option 4
The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with abundant water on several occasions
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 | abundant | abundant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 water | amod |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rinsed | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 occasions | case |
| 10 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 occasions | amod |
| 11 | occasions | occasion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rinsed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rinse | present · passive | the mouth | several occasions | with abundant water; thoroughly property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
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