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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning beverages free of sugar. Exam question 3 of lesson 352 «Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 3 · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning beverages free of sugar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 352 «Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning beverages free of sugar.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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Such beverages are without any effect upon the teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e3:o1:1
# text = Such beverages are without any effect upon the teeth
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such beverages |  |  |  |  | without any effect; upon the teeth | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such beverages strengthen enamel by virtue of their carbonation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e3:o2:1
# text = Such beverages strengthen enamel by virtue of their carbonation
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	enamel	enamel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	carbonation	carbonation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strengthen** | present | Such beverages | enamel |  |  |  | by virtue of beverages's carbonation | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient |
| 2 | **carbonate** |  | beverages *= beverage* |  |  |  |  |  | nom carbonation «process transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such beverages exert a cleansing effect upon the teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e3:o3:1
# text = Such beverages exert a cleansing effect upon the teeth
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exert	exert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exert** | infinitive | Such beverages | a cleansing effect |  |  |  | upon the teeth | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Such beverages, being acidic, may nonetheless soften dental enamel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e3:o4:1
# text = Such beverages, being acidic, may nonetheless soften dental enamel
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	acidic	acidic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	soften	soften	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	dental	dental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	enamel	enamel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | acidic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **soften** | may | Such beverages | dental enamel |  |  |  | nonetheless *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enamel=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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