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title: Count them: a boy had a full set of 20 baby teeth, lost four and no… — Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Count them: a boy had a full set of 20 baby teeth, lost four and no new ones have come yet. How many teeth are in his mouth? Test 2 of lesson 351 «Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 2 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

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Count them: a boy had a full set of 20 baby teeth, lost four and no new ones have come yet. How many teeth are in his mouth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, boy, new ones, many teeth · **What happens:** count, have, lose, come, be · **To what, where:** them, full set, four, mouth

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This is test 2 of lesson 351 «Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth» 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/351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Count them: a boy had a full set of 20 baby teeth, lost four and no new ones have come yet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t2:1
# text = Count them: a boy had a full set of 20 baby teeth, lost four and no new ones have come yet.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
19	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
21	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
23	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | a boy | a full set of 20 baby teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Patient |
| 3 | **lose** | past | a boy *not said here* | four |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Eventuality |
| 4 | **come** | present · perfect | no new ones |  |  |  | yet |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How many teeth are in his mouth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t2:2
# text = How many teeth are in his mouth?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many teeth |  |  | boy's mouth |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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24

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t2:o1:1
# text = 24
1	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t2:o2:1
# text = 12
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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16

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t2:o3:1
# text = 16
1	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t2:o4:1
# text = 20
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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