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description: A dentist gives Ana a pink tablet to chew and her teeth go pink in spots. What do the pink spots show? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 63 «Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad

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A dentist gives Ana a pink tablet to chew and her teeth go pink in spots. What do the pink spots show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dentist, teeth, pink spots · **What happens:** give, chew, go, be, show · **To what, where:** pink tablet, Ana, spots

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 63 «Microbes: bacteria and viruses, good and bad» 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/63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dentist gives Ana a pink tablet to chew and her teeth go pink in spots.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t8:1
# text = A dentist gives Ana a pink tablet to chew and her teeth go pink in spots.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | a dentist | a pink tablet | Ana |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ana=Recipient tablet=Theme |
| 2 | **chew** | to-infinitive | a dentist *not said here* | a pink tablet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | present | dentist's teeth |  |  | spots |  | pink *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in spot=Location |

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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 do the pink spots show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t8:2
# text = What do the pink spots show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | the pink spots |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Food colouring left on her teeth from her breakfast cereal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t8:o1:1
# text = Food colouring left on her teeth from her breakfast cereal
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	colouring	colouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cereal	cereal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | Food colouring *not said here* |  | her teeth |  | from her breakfast cereal | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cereal=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Plaque, the sticky film of bacteria she missed brushing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t8:o2:1
# text = Plaque, the sticky film of bacteria she missed brushing
1	Plaque	plaque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | Plaque and the sticky film of bacteria |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **brush** | gerund | Plaque and the sticky film of bacteria *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **film** |  |  | bacteria |  |  |  |  | nom film «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Holes that are already in her teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t8:o3:1
# text = Holes that are already in her teeth
1	Holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Holes |  |  | her teeth |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Places where her teeth are strongest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses:t8:o4:1
# text = Places where her teeth are strongest
1	Places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Places |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

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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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