--- title: What would happen if a horse's sharp tooth edges were never filed? — The vet · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a horse's sharp tooth edges were never filed? Test 7 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/227-the-vet/t7/) [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/) / [The vet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/227-the-vet/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The vet What would happen if a horse's sharp tooth edges were never filed? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, not file · **To what, where:** sharp tooth edges This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t7:1 # text = What would happen if a horse's sharp tooth edges were never filed? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 edges edge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 filed file VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **file** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | a horse's sharp tooth edges | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 {#o1} Nothing, horses have no teeth ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t7:o1:1 # text = Nothing, horses have no teeth 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | horses | Nothing | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Eating could become painful ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t7:o2:1 # text = Eating could become painful 1 Eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **become** | could | | | | | | painful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would eat faster than ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t7:o3:1 # text = It would eat faster than ever 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | would | It | | | | | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Its teeth would stop growing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t7:o4:1 # text = Its teeth would stop growing 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | Its teeth | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | Its teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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