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title: «old dog's breath stinks and his teeth are all brown» What is most l… — The vet · tree and pragmatics
description: «old dog's breath stinks and his teeth are all brown» What is most likely? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · The vet

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«old dog's breath stinks and his teeth are all brown» What is most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** breath, teeth · **What happens:** stink, be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» 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/227-the-vet/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t6:1
# text = «old dog's breath stinks and his teeth are all brown» What is most likely?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stinks	stink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	17	advmod	_	_
17	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stink** *in a quote* | present | old dog's breath |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | breath's teeth |  |  |  |  | all, brown *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Brown teeth mean healthy teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t6:o1:1
# text = Brown teeth mean healthy teeth
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brown teeth | healthy teeth |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He has been eating chocolate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t6:o2:1
# text = He has been eating chocolate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · perfect · progressive | He | chocolate |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tartar is building up and his gums may be sore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t6:o3:1
# text = Tartar is building up and his gums may be sore
1	Tartar	tartar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gums	gum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build up** | present · progressive | Tartar |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | may | Tartar's gums |  |  |  |  | sore *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His teeth are changing colour with the seasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t6:o4:1
# text = His teeth are changing colour with the seasons
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present · progressive | His teeth | colour |  |  | season |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |

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**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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