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title: Identify the correct practice immediately following the brushing of… — Teeth, nails, baths and toilets · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the correct practice immediately following the brushing of the teeth. Exam question 1 of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

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Identify the correct practice immediately following the brushing of the teeth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, follow · **To what, where:** correct practice, brushing

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» of the everyday 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/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:e1:1
# text = Identify the correct practice immediately following the brushing of the teeth.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brushing	brushing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct practice |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent practice=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | you *not said here* | the brushing of the teeth |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brushing=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The toothpaste is spat out without rinsing with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:e1:o1:1
# text = The toothpaste is spat out without rinsing with water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	spat	spat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	rinsing	rinse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with cold water at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:e1:o2:1
# text = The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with cold water at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	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 cold water; thoroughly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The mouth is rinsed with fruit juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:e1:o3:1
# text = The mouth is rinsed with fruit juice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 fruit juice | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toothpaste is swallowed for further protection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:e1:o4:1
# text = Toothpaste is swallowed for further protection
1	Toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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