Test 10 · The human life cycle and growing up

why's the baby got gaps in its mouth, where's the teeth

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: baby · What happens: be · To what, where: mouth, teeth

This is test 10 of lesson 92 «The human life cycle and growing up» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 got	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 got	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mouth	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mouth	nmod:poss
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 teeth	punct
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 teeth	advmod
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 teeth	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 teeth	det
14	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mouth	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the baby			baby's mouth		get property	tree rules
2	is a	present		the teeth					tree rules

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

Babies have all their teeth hidden in their cheeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 teeth	det:predet
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 teeth	nmod:poss
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 teeth	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cheeks	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cheeks	nmod:poss
9	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Babies	Babies's teeth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	hide	participle		Babies's teeth not said here		Babies's cheeks			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cheek=Location

Option 2

Babies only get teeth when they are teenagers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 teenagers	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 teenagers	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 teenagers	cop
8	teenagers	teenager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Babies	teeth					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus
2	is a	present	Babies = baby	teenagers					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Babies grow their 20 baby teeth later, over the first years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teeth	nmod:poss
4	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 teeth	nummod
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teeth	compound
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obj
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 grow	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 years	punct
9	over	over	ADP	_	12 years	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 years	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 years	amod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Babies	Babies's 20 baby teeth			year	late property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tooth=Theme

Option 4

Babies have 32 teeth that are too small to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	32	32	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 teeth	nummod
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 small	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 small	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 small	advmod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teeth	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 see	mark
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 small	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Babies	32 teeth		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	is	present	32 teeth		small property	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	32 teeth not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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