--- title: my brother bites his nails till they bleed — Teeth, nails, baths and toilets · tree and pragmatics description: my brother bites his nails till they bleed Test 16 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t16/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Teeth, nails, baths and toilets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets my brother bites his nails till they bleed **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, nails · **What happens:** bite, bleed · **To what, where:** nails This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t16:1 # text = my brother bites his nails till they bleed 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 bleed bleed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | my brother | brother's nails | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Patient | | 2 | **bleed** | present | nails *= nail* | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell a grown-up, the bleeding bits can get infected ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t16:o1:1 # text = Tell a grown-up, the bleeding bits can get infected 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bleeding bleeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 12 infected infected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient | | 2 | **get** | can | the bleeding bits | | | | | infected *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Put tape on his mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t16:o2:1 # text = Put tape on his mouth 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 tape tape NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | tape | | his mouth | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent tape=Theme on mouth=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's fine, nails grow back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t16:o3:1 # text = It's fine, nails grow back 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow back** | present | nails | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bite yours too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t16:o4:1 # text = Bite yours too 1 Bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | yours | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Patient | **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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