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title: State the recommended practice subsequent to brushing with a fluorid… — Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the recommended practice subsequent to brushing with a fluoride toothpaste. Exam question 4 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 option; Mova's c
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# Exam question 4 · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist

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State the recommended practice subsequent to brushing with a fluoride toothpaste.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** recommend, brush

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e4:1
# text = State the recommended practice subsequent to brushing with a fluoride toothpaste.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **brush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a fluoride toothpaste | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with toothpaste=Instrument |

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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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A sweet is to be consumed forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e4:o1:1
# text = A sweet is to be consumed forthwith
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · passive |  | a sweet |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The toothpaste is to be swallowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e4:o2:1
# text = The toothpaste is to be swallowed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present · passive |  | the toothpaste |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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The residue is to be spat out without rinsing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e4:o3:1
# text = The residue is to be spat out without rinsing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	residue	residue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	spat	spat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	rinsing	rinse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spat out** | present · passive |  | the residue |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rinse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mouth is to be rinsed thoroughly with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:e4:o4:1
# text = The mouth is to be rinsed thoroughly with water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | present · passive |  | the mouth |  |  |  | with water; thoroughly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

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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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