Test 11 · ★ · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

The dentist painted my back teeth, so I can skip brushing them, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dentist, I · What happens: paint, skip, brush · To what, where: back teeth, teeth

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 24 «Sugar, teeth and the dentist» of the medicine 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dentist	det
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 painted	nsubj
3	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teeth	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teeth	compound
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 painted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 skip	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 skip	advmod
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 skip	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 skip	aux
11	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 painted	parataxis
12	brushing	brush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 skip	xcomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 brushing	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 skip	punct
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 painted	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	paint	past	the dentist	my back teeth	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tooth=Destination
2	skip	can	I		tree rules
3	brush	gerund	I not said here	teeth = tooth	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=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 · ✓ the right answer

No, sealants help but don't replace brushing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 help	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 help	punct
3	sealants	sealant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 replace	cc
6	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 replace	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 replace	advmod
8	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	conj
9	brushing	brushing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 replace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	sealants						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	not replace	infinitive · do-support	sealants not said here	brushing					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brushing=Co-Theme

Option 2

Yes, they're sealed forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 sealed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sealed	nsubj:pass
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sealed	aux:pass
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 sealed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	present · passive		they				forever property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Yes, but only at weekends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 weekends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 weekends	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 weekends	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 weekends	case
6	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 4

No, because the paint wears off in a single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 wears	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wears	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 wears	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 paint	det
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wears	nsubj
6	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 wears	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear off	present	the paint				day		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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