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Test 1 · Teeth and their care

A boy sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon. Why is this bad for his teeth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: sip, be · To what, where: sweet fizzy drink

This is test 1 of lesson 35 «Teeth and their care» of the world 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 sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon.

detnsubjdetamodamodobjdetobl:unmarkedpunctrootADETboyNOUNsipsVERBaDETsweetADJfizzyADJdrinkNOUNallDETafternoonNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 sipsnsubj
3sipssipVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 drinkdet
5sweetsweetADJDegree=Pos7 drinkamod
6fizzyfizzyADJDegree=Pos7 drinkamod
7drinkdrinkNOUNNumber=Sing3 sipsobj
8allallDETPronType=Tot9 afternoondet
9afternoonafternoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 sipsobl:unmarked
10..PUNCT_3 sipspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sippresenta boya sweet fizzy drinkafternoonvn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient

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: Why is this bad for his teeth?

advmodcopnsubjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootWhyADVisAUXthisPRONbadADJforADPhisPRONteethNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 badadvmod
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 badcop
3thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 badnsubj
4badbadADJDegree=Posrootroot
5forforADP_7 teethcase
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 teethnmod:poss
7teethtoothNOUNNumber=Plur4 badobl
8??PUNCT_4 badpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthisfor boy's teeth; bad propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Cold drinks make teeth fall out

amodnsubjobjxcompcompound:prtrootColdADJdrinksNOUNmakeVERBteethNOUNfallVERBoutADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ColdcoldADJDegree=Pos2 drinksamod
2drinksdrinkNOUNNumber=Plur3 makensubj
3makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4teethtoothNOUNNumber=Plur3 makeobj
5fallfallVERBVerbForm=Inf3 makexcomp
6outoutADP_5 fallcompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentCold drinksteethtree rules
2fall outinfinitiveteeth not said herevn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The drink fills his cavities with gas

detnsubjnmod:possobjcaseoblrootTheDETdrinkNOUNfillsVERBhisPRONcavitiesNOUNwithADPgasNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 drinkdet
2drinkdrinkNOUNNumber=Sing3 fillsnsubj
3fillsfillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 cavitiesnmod:poss
5cavitiescavityNOUNNumber=Plur3 fillsobj
6withwithADP_7 gascase
7gasgasNOUNNumber=Sing3 fillsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fillpresentthe drinkhis cavitieswith gasvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cavity=Patient with gas=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The germs keep making acid from the sugar all afternoon

detnsubjxcompobjcasedetobldetobl:unmarkedrootTheDETgermsNOUNkeepVERBmakingVERBacidNOUNfromADPtheDETsugarNOUNallDETafternoonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 germsdet
2germsgermNOUNNumber=Plur3 keepnsubj
3keepkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4makingmakeVERBVerbForm=Ger3 keepxcomp
5acidacidNOUNNumber=Sing4 makingobj
6fromfromADP_8 sugarcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 sugardet
8sugarsugarNOUNNumber=Sing4 makingobl
9allallDETPronType=Tot10 afternoondet
10afternoonafternoonNOUNNumber=Sing4 makingobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentthe germstree rules
2makegerundthe germs not said hereacidthe sugarafternoonvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset acid=Product from sugar=Material

Option 4

The bubbles crack the enamel

detnsubjdetobjrootTheDETbubblesNOUNcrackVERBtheDETenamelNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bubblesdet
2bubblesbubbleNOUNNumber=Plur3 cracknsubj
3crackcrackVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 enameldet
5enamelenamelNOUNNumber=Sing3 crackobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1crackpresentthe bubblesthe enamelvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location enamel=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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