Exam question 1 · The dentist and washing your hands

Identify the principal function of a dental filling.

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 filling	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 filling	det
7	dental	dental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 filling	amod
8	filling	filling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	.	.	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 principal function of a dental filling					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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 · ← Mova's choice

It numbs the tooth so that it never feels pain again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 numbs	nsubj
2	numbs	numb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tooth	det
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 numbs	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 feels	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feels	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 feels	advmod
9	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 numbs	advcl
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feels	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 feels	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	numb	present	It	the tooth					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer
2	not feel	present	tooth	pain			again		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It repairs a cavity so that it does not enlarge and cause pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 repairs	nsubj
2	repairs	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cavity	det
4	cavity	cavity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repairs	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 enlarge	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 enlarge	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 enlarge	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 enlarge	advmod
10	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 repairs	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cause	cc
12	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 enlarge	conj
13	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	repair	present	It	a cavity	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cavity=Patient
2	not enlarge	present · do-support	cavity		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	cause	infinitive	cavity not said here	pain	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient

Option 3

It whitens the surface of the tooth permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 whitens	nsubj
2	whitens	whiten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 surface	det
4	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whitens	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tooth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tooth	det
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 surface	nmod
8	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 whitens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whiten	present	It	the surface of the tooth				permanently property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent surface=Patient

Option 4

It removes the tooth so that a new one may grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tooth	det
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 grow	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grow	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 grow	aux
11	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 removes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	the tooth					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme
2	grow	may	a new one						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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