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title: A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no… — Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no gap where it came. What is the best advice? Test 7 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 question and of eac
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# Test 7 · Teeth: baby teeth, grown-up teeth and wobbly teeth

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A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no gap where it came. What is the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, gap, best advice · **What happens:** find, come, be · **To what, where:** big new tooth, back

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no gap where it came.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t7:1
# text = A girl of six finds a big new tooth at the back of her mouth and no gap where it came.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
19	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a girl of six | a big new tooth and no gap |  | the back of girl's mouth |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme at back=Asset |
| 2 | **come** | past | gap |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What is the best advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t7:2
# text = What is the best advice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a permanent molar, so brush it well because it must last for life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t7:o1:1
# text = It is a permanent molar, so brush it well because it must last for life
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	molar	molar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a permanent molar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **brush** | infinitive |  | molar |  |  |  | well *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **last** | must | molar |  |  |  |  | for life | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a mistake and the dentist will pull it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t7:o2:1
# text = It is a mistake and the dentist will pull it out
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a mistake and the dentist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull out** | future | a mistake and the dentist | dentist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a baby tooth, so it does not matter much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t7:o3:1
# text = It is a baby tooth, so it does not matter much
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a baby tooth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a wisdom tooth and will fall out soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth:t7:o4:1
# text = It is a wisdom tooth and will fall out soon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a wisdom tooth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall out** | future |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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