Sugar, teeth and the dentist
Tests: 8 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 24 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · right ✓
"brushed my teeth right after my coke, so it's fine" — any problem?
- 1. Only rinsing helps — no support
- 2. Brushing straight after acid can wear enamel, wait an hour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Coke has no acid — no support
- 4. No, brushing straight after is best — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 13: «Acid in fizzy drinks and fruit juice wears enamel away even when there is no sugar, which is called erosion, and brushing straight after an acidic drink can ru…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Kid A eats a bag of sweets after lunch. Kid B eats the same bag one by one all afternoon. Whose teeth suffer more?
- 1. Kid B, many acid attacks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Neither, sweets don't hurt teeth — no support
- 3. Both the same — no support
- 4. Kid A, more sugar at once — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
"Baby teeth fall out anyway, why fill 'em?" Best answer?
- 1. No point, leave them — no support
- 2. Decay hurts and baby teeth hold space for adult ones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Baby teeth turn into adult ones — score 4
- 4. So the tooth fairy pays more — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 24, line 9: «Between about 6 and 12 years old the 20 baby teeth fall out as adult teeth push up underneath, and most children have 28 adult teeth by about 13, with wisdom t…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «adult teeth» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Cartoon dentist pulls teeth with pliers while the kid screams. What's real?
- 1. Kids must stay silent — no support
- 2. Dentists numb the area and agree a stop signal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 3. Dentists always pull teeth out, even healthy ones — score 9
- 4. Dentists never numb anything — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 16: «Many people feel nervous about the dentist, and dentists can agree a stop signal, like raising a hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stop signal» (+5); the same action «agree» (+3); the same doer «dentists» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your lip's still numb after a filling and you're starving. What's the risk with hot pizza?
- 1. None, numb lips can't be hurt — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The filling will melt — no support
- 3. The numbness makes hot food taste much better than usual — no support
- 4. You could bite or burn your lip without feeling it — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if you never brushed for a year?
- 1. Plaque would build up and decay and gum disease would likely follow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing, saliva does it all — no support
- 3. Teeth would clean themselves — no support
- 4. Teeth would turn stronger — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
"Braces are just for looks" — fair?
- 1. No, they're really there to make teeth grow longer — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. Yes, they do nothing else — no support
- 3. No, they can also help the bite and cleaning — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, only for looks — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 12: «Braces slowly move teeth with steady pressure over months or years, and an orthodontist usually decides on them around age 12 or older; they are not only for l…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «teeth» (+5); the same doer «braces» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Rinsing with water after brushing — good idea?
- 1. No, it washes the fluoride away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Yes, rinse twice with lots of water — no support
- 3. Yes, always rinse really well after — no support
- 4. Only if you used a lot of toothpaste — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 2: «When you graze your knee in the playground, clean running water washing out the grit does the main job; stinging antiseptic is not needed for most grazes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wash out» (+3); the same doer «clean running water» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mo, 7, has a gap where a tooth fell out. What's growing?
- 1. Another baby tooth, just like the old one — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nothing, the gap will stay there for good — no support
- 3. An adult tooth that was underneath — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. A wisdom tooth, the very first of them — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 24, line 9: «Between about 6 and 12 years old the 20 baby teeth fall out as adult teeth push up underneath, and most children have 28 adult teeth by about 13, with wisdom t…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «adult teeth» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Which drink between meals is kindest to teeth?
- 1. Water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Sports drink — no support
- 3. Orange juice — no support
- 4. Cola — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
The dentist painted my back teeth, so I can skip brushing them, yeah?
- 1. No, sealants help but don't replace brushing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Yes, they're sealed forever — no support
- 3. Yes, but only at weekends — no support
- 4. No, because the paint wears off in a single day — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 11: «Fissure sealants are thin plastic coatings painted into the grooves of back teeth to keep food and bacteria out, but they don't replace brushing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «brushing» (+5); the same action «replace» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal process by which dental caries is initiated.
- 1. Mechanical abrasion from the consumption of firm fruit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Excessive brushing with fluoride preparations — no support
- 3. Acid produced by plaque bacteria from dietary sugar dissolves the enamel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The consumption of milk — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the frequency of sugar consumption.
- 1. Frequency is of no consequence whatsoever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Frequent consumption between meals is more injurious than consumption at mealtimes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The total quantity alone determines injury — no support
- 4. Sugar exerts no influence upon the teeth — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the conduct recommended subsequent to brushing with fluoride toothpaste.
- 1. Expectoration without rinsing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Swallowing of the residue — no support
- 3. Thorough rinsing with water — no support
- 4. Immediate consumption of fruit juice — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Determine the number of deciduous teeth, hereinafter baby teeth, ordinarily possessed by a child.
- 1. Twenty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Twenty-eight — no support
- 3. Ten — no support
- 4. Thirty-two — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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