--- title: What would happen if nobody cleaned plaque off a tooth for weeks? — Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if nobody cleaned plaque off a tooth for weeks? Test 5 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist/t5/) [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/) / [Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist What would happen if nobody cleaned plaque off a tooth for weeks? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, clean · **To what, where:** plaque, tooth This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 352 «Teeth: enamel, sugar, holes, brushing and the dentist» 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/352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:t5:1 # text = What would happen if nobody cleaned plaque off a tooth for weeks? 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 _ 6 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cleaned clean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 plaque plaque NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **clean** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nobody | plaque | | a tooth | week | | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent plaque=Theme off tooth=Source | 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} It would make the tooth harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:t5:o1:1 # text = It would make the tooth harder 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 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | It | the tooth | | | | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material tooth=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It could harden into tartar that only a dentist can remove ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:t5:o2:1 # text = It could harden into tartar that only a dentist can remove 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 harden harden VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 tartar tartar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 remove remove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **harden** | could | It | | | tartar | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **remove** | can | a dentist | tartar | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would turn into new enamel ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:t5:o3:1 # text = It would turn into new enamel 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 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 enamel enamel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | new enamel | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into enamel=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would fall off by itself each night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist:t5:o4:1 # text = It would fall off by itself each night 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 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | would | It | | | | night | by itself *= it* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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