Test 8 · ★ · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

Rinsing with water after brushing — good idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: rinse, brush

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Rinsing	rinse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 idea	csubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 water	case
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rinsing	obl
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 brushing	mark
5	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Rinsing	advcl
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 idea	punct
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	gerund						with water	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	brush	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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, it washes the fluoride away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 washes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 washes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 washes	nsubj
4	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fluoride	det
6	fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washes	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 washes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	present	it	the fluoride				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fluoride=Patient

Option 2

Yes, rinse twice with lots of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 rinse	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rinse	rinse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 rinse	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 lots	case
6	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rinse	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse	imperative	you not said here					with lots of water; twice property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, always rinse really well after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 rinse	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 rinse	advmod
4	rinse	rinse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 well	advmod
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 rinse	advmod
7	after	after	ADP	_	4 rinse	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rinse after	imperative	you not said here					always, well property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only if you used a lot of toothpaste

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 used	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 toothpaste	case
8	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	you	a lot of toothpaste					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

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