Exam question 2 · Flossing and caring for your teeth

Whereas a permanent tooth has been dislodged by a blow, determine the procedure most consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: blow, you · What happens: dislodge, determine, establish · To what, where: permanent tooth, procedure

This is exam question 2 of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 dislodged	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tooth	det
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tooth	amod
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dislodged	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dislodged	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 dislodged	aux:pass
7	dislodged	dislodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 determine	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 blow	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 blow	det
10	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dislodged	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dislodged	punct
12	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 procedure	det
14	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 determine	obj
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 consistent	advmod
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 determine	ccomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 facts	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 facts	det
19	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 facts	amod
20	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 consistent	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	dislodge	present · perfect · passive	a blow	a permanent tooth	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	determine	imperative	you not said here	the procedure	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic
3	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Hold it by the white crown, keep it in milk and attend a dentist at once

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 crown	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crown	det
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crown	amod
6	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 milk	case
11	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 attend	cc
13	attend	attend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dentist	det
15	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attend	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		by the white crown	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by crown=Location
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	crown	milk		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in milk=Location
3	attend	infinitive	you not said here	a dentist			vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dentist=Goal

Option 2

Place it in the freezer and visit a dentist next week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Place	place	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Place	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 freezer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 freezer	det
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Place	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 visit	cc
7	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Place	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dentist	det
9	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visit	obj
10	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 week	amod
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visit	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	imperative	you not said here	it		the freezer			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in freezer=Destination
2	visit	infinitive	you not said here	a dentist			week		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dentist=Co-Agent

Option 3

Hold it by the root, scrub it clean and keep it dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hold	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 root	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 root	det
5	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scrub	punct
7	scrub	scrub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scrub	obj
9	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scrub	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 keep	cc
11	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj
13	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it	by the root	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by root=Location
2	scrub	infinitive	you not said here	root	clean property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	keep	present	you not said here	root	dry property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Discard it, as permanent teeth cannot be restored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discard	discard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 restored	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Discard	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 teeth	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 teeth	case
5	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 teeth	amod
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Discard	conj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 restored	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 restored	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 restored	aux:pass
10	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discard		it						tree rules
2	not restore	can · passive		Discard and permanent teeth					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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