Test 10 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth

bit of chicken stuck tween my teeth, gonna use a fork

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: stuck tween teeth · What happens: stick, use · To what, where: fork

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for your teeth» of the everyday 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	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teeth	obl:unmarked
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 chicken	case
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bit	nmod
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 teeth	amod
5	tween	tween	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 teeth	nummod
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 teeth	nmod:poss
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 use	punct
9	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	10 use	dep
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 teeth	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fork	det
12	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	use	infinitive	my stuck tween teeth not said here	a fork					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fork=Patient

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

Yes, a fork is the quickest way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fork	det
4	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	quickest	quick	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fork	the quickest way					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, just be quick about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 quick	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 quick	cop
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 quick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					about it; quick property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, use a pin if the fork is too big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pin	det
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 big	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fork	det
8	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 big	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 big	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 big	advmod
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a pin					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Patient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the fork					big property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, use floss, sharp things cut gums and chip teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	floss	floss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cut	punct
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cut	nsubj
8	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 use	advcl
9	gums	gum	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cut	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 teeth	cc
11	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teeth	compound
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gums	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	floss					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floss=Patient
2	cut	present	sharp things	gums and chip teeth					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gum=Product

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