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title: After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip. What should… — Teeth, nails, baths and toilets · tree and pragmatics
description: After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip. What should she do while eating? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

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After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip. What should she do while eating?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** not feel, do, eat · **To what, where:** lip

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t4:1
# text = After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ottawa	Ottawa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feel** | can | a girl in Ottawa | girl's lip |  |  | after the dentist |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should she do while eating?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t4:2
# text = What should she do while eating?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bite her lip now and then to test if it still feels nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t4:o1:1
# text = Bite her lip now and then to test if it still feels nothing
1	Bite	bite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | imperative | you *not said here* | her lip |  |  | now |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient |
| 2 | **test** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | lip | nothing |  |  | still |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |

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

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Eat carefully so she does not bite her numb lip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t4:o2:1
# text = Eat carefully so she does not bite her numb lip
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **bite** | present · do-support | she | her numb lip |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chew really hard to wake the lip up again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t4:o3:1
# text = Chew really hard to wake the lip up again
1	Chew	chew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | to-infinitive |  | the lip |  |  | again |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lip=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat only crunchy food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t4:o4:1
# text = Eat only crunchy food
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	crunchy	crunchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | crunchy food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

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