--- title: «Teeth keep growin? so why don't they get massive» What is right? — Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vi… · tree and pragmatics description: «Teeth keep growin? so why don't they get massive» What is right? Test 9 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c/) / t9 # Test 9 · Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C «Teeth keep growin? so why don't they get massive» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Teeth · **What happens:** keep, not get, be · **To what, where:** growin This is test 9 of lesson 201 «Guinea pigs: wheeks, popcorning and vitamin C» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:t9:1 # text = «Teeth keep growin? so why don't they get massive» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 growin growin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 12 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | Teeth | growin | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent growin=Theme | | 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Teeth *= tooth* | | | | | massive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Chewing hay all day wears them down ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:t9:o1:1 # text = Chewing hay all day wears them down 1 Chewing chew VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chew** | gerund | | hay | | | day | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Patient | | 2 | **wear down** | present | Chewing | them *= they* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} They fall out every month ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:t9:o2:1 # text = They fall out every month 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall out** | present | They | | | | month | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They only grow in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:t9:o3:1 # text = They only grow in summer 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | They | | | | summer | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Guinea pigs file them with stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:201-guinea-pigs-wheeks-popcorning-and-vitamin-c:t9:o4:1 # text = Guinea pigs file them with stones 1 Guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 file file VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **file** | present | Guinea pigs | them *= they* | | | | with stones | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with stone=Instrument | **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. 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