Test 18 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

someone said the dentist drills right through ur head if u move, is that true lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, dentist, move, u · What happens: say, drill, be, move · To what, where: head · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dentist	det
4	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drills	nsubj
5	drills	drill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
6	right	right	ADV	_	5 drills	advmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drills	obl
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 true	mark
11	u	u	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 move	nmod:poss
12	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 true	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 move	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 true	mark
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 drills	advcl
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	someone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drill	present	the dentist	ur's head	right property	vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	u's move		true property	tree rules
4	move		u			nom move «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a rumour; the dentist explains each step and stops if you raise a hand

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rumour	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 explains	nsubj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 rumour	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dentist	det
7	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 explains	nsubj
8	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 step	det
10	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 explains	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stops	cc
12	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 explains	conj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 raise	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 raise	nsubj
15	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stops	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hand	det
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 raise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	a rumour	each step	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Topic
2	stop	present	a rumour not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	raise a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a hand	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 2

Yes, but only for children under ten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 children	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 children	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 children	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	8 ten	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 children	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Yes, so you must never visit a dentist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 visit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 visit	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 visit	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 visit	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 visit	advmod
7	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dentist	det
9	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not visit	must	you	a dentist					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dentist=Co-Agent

Option 4

Yes, dentists drill holes on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 drill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dentists	dentist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drill	nsubj
4	drill	drill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drill	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drill	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drill	present	dentists	holes		purpose			vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient

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