--- title: «Rat teeth orange, gross, should I whiten them» What is right? — Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice · tree and pragmatics description: «Rat teeth orange, gross, should I whiten them» What is right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice/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/) / [Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice «Rat teeth orange, gross, should I whiten them» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat teeth · **What happens:** whiten, be · **To what, where:** them · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» 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/202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t9:1 # text = «Rat teeth orange, gross, should I whiten them» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 gross gross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 whiten whiten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whiten** *in a quote* | should | Rat teeth | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **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 {#o1} No, you should pull them out ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t9:o1:1 # text = No, you should pull them out 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | should | you | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they are rotting ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, they are rotting 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 rotting rot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rot** | present · progressive | they | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, orange front teeth are normal and healthy ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t9:o3:1 # text = No, orange front teeth are normal and healthy 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | orange front teeth | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | orange front teeth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, rats need white teeth to stay healthy and strong ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t9:o4:1 # text = Yes, rats need white teeth to stay healthy and strong 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 9 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | rats | white teeth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | white teeth *not said here* | | | | | healthy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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