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# Test 18 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

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my cousin said she picked her teeth with a pin and it went right through her gum and she had to have surgery. probably blown up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, pin · **What happens:** say, pick, go, have, blow up · **To what, where:** teeth, gum, surgery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t18:1
# text = my cousin said she picked her teeth with a pin and it went right through her gum and she had to have surgery. probably blown up?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
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	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
25	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pick** | past | cousin | cousin's teeth |  |  |  | with a pin | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | past | pin |  |  | cousin's gum |  | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through gum=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **have** | past | cousin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | cousin *not said here* | surgery |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surgery=Patient |
| 6 | **blow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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That food gets stuck in teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t18:o1:1
# text = That food gets stuck in teeth
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | that food |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The surgery part; but sharp things really cut gums, so use floss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t18:o2:1
# text = The surgery part; but sharp things really cut gums, so use floss
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	gums	gum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	floss	floss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | sharp things | gums |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gum=Product |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | sharp things *not said here* | floss |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floss=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That pins are sharp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t18:o3:1
# text = That pins are sharp
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That floss removes food from teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t18:o4:1
# text = That floss removes food from teeth
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	floss	floss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | that floss | food |  | teeth |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from tooth=Source |

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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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