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title: «had a fizzy drink and a sweet, too tired to brush, whatever» Why is… — Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, slee… · tree and pragmatics
description: «had a fizzy drink and a sweet, too tired to brush, whatever» Why is brushing at bedtime especially important? Test 7 of lesson 72 «Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 7 · Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise

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«had a fizzy drink and a sweet, too tired to brush, whatever» Why is brushing at bedtime especially important?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fizzy drink · **What happens:** have, brush · **To what, where:** fizzy drink, whatever, bedtime

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This is test 7 of lesson 72 «Staying healthy: germs, vaccines, sleep, food and exercise» 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/72-staying-healthy/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:t7:1
# text = «had a fizzy drink and a sweet, too tired to brush, whatever» Why is brushing at bedtime especially important?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	brush	brush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past |  | a fizzy drink |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |
| 2 | **brush** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a fizzy drink *not said here* | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme |
| 3 | **brush** | present · progressive | a fizzy drink *not said here* |  |  | bedtime |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at bedtime=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Bacteria feed on sugar all night and make acid that eats enamel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:t7:o1:1
# text = Bacteria feed on sugar all night and make acid that eats enamel
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	enamel	enamel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | Bacteria |  |  |  | night | on sugar | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on sugar=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Bacteria *not said here* | acid |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acid=Product |
| 3 | **eat** | present | acid | enamel |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toothpaste helps you fall asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:t7:o2:1
# text = Toothpaste helps you fall asleep
1	Toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Toothpaste | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Saliva is stronger at night and protects teeth, so brushing matters less in the morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:t7:o3:1
# text = Saliva is stronger at night and protects teeth, so brushing matters less in the morning
1	Saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	brushing	brushing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Saliva |  |  |  | night | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **protect** | present | Saliva *not said here* | teeth |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **matter** | present | brushing |  |  |  | morning | less *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Teeth grow at night and need cleaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:72-staying-healthy:t7:o4:1
# text = Teeth grow at night and need cleaning
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Teeth |  |  |  | night |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | Teeth *not said here* | cleaning |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaning=Theme |

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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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