Test 3 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth

A boy in Cork knocks out a front grown-up tooth on the trampoline. What should the adult do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, adult · What happens: knock out, grow up, do · To what, where: front grown tooth, trampoline

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Cork knocks out a front grown-up tooth on the trampoline.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knocks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Cork	case
4	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 knocks	compound:prt
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tooth	det
8	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tooth	amod
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 tooth	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 up	punct
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 grown	compound:prt
12	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knocks	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 trampoline	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trampoline	det
15	trampoline	trampoline	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tooth	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 knocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock out	present	a boy in Cork	a front grown tooth		the trampoline			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme on trampoline=Destination
2	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What should the adult do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	the adult						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Scrub the root clean with a toothbrush and soap, then let it dry in the air

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scrub	scrub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 root	det
3	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scrub	obj
4	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Scrub	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 toothbrush	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toothbrush	det
7	toothbrush	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clean	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 soap	cc
9	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toothbrush	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 let	advmod
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Scrub	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 air	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 air	det
17	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scrub	imperative	you not said here	the root				tree rules
2	clean	infinitive	you not said here				with a toothbrush and soap	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with toothbrush=Instrument
3	let	infinitive	you not said here	root		then		tree rules
4	dry	infinitive	root not said here		the air			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Wait a week to see if the gap heals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 week	det
3	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl:unmarked
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 heals	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gap	det
8	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heals	nsubj
9	heals	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	week	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	heal a condition, not said to happen	present	the gap		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hold it by the top, put it in milk and go to 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	_	5 top	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 top	det
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 put	punct
7	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 put	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 milk	case
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 go	cc
12	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 dentist	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dentist	det
15	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	it		by the top	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by top=Location
2	put	infinitive	you not said here	top	milk		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in milk=Destination
3	go	infinitive	you not said here		a dentist		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dentist=Initial_Location

Option 4

Throw it away, a new one will grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grow	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grow	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 grow	aux
9	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	imperative	you not said here	it				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	grow	future	a new one						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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