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title: A girl in Leeds brushes, spits, then gulps lots of water to rinse. W… — Teeth, nails, baths and toilets · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Leeds brushes, spits, then gulps lots of water to rinse. What advice would her dentist give? Test 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

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A girl in Leeds brushes, spits, then gulps lots of water to rinse. What advice would her dentist give?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, advice · **What happens:** gulp, rinse, give · **To what, where:** lots

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 208 «Teeth, nails, baths and toilets» of the everyday 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/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Leeds brushes, spits, then gulps lots of water to rinse.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t1:1
# text = A girl in Leeds brushes, spits, then gulps lots of water to rinse.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	brushes	brush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	spits	spit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	gulps	gulp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	rinse	rinse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gulp** | present | a girl in Leeds brushes and spits | lots of water |  |  | then |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 2 | **rinse** | to-infinitive | a girl in Leeds brushes and spits *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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 advice would her dentist give?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t1:2
# text = What advice would her dentist give?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **give** | would | advice |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never spit, just swallow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t1:o1:1
# text = Never spit, just swallow
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	spit	spit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swallow** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rinse three times with warm water to be extra clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t1:o2:1
# text = Rinse three times with warm water to be extra clean
1	Rinse	rinse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
10	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time | with warm water | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brush with water and no toothpaste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t1:o3:1
# text = Brush with water and no toothpaste
1	Brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with water and no toothpaste | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spit, but skip the big rinse so the fluoride stays on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t1:o4:1
# text = Spit, but skip the big rinse so the fluoride stays on
1	Spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rinse	rinse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | infinitive | Spit | the big rinse |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rinse=Agent |
| 2 | **stay on** | present | the fluoride |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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