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title: A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because… — Teeth, nails, baths and toilets · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly. Why should he? Test 8 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 8 · ★ · Teeth, nails, baths and toilets

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A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly. Why should he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, glasses · **What happens:** not want, wear, look · **To what, where:** safety glasses

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t8:1
# text = A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
17	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | a boy at a science club |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy at a science club *not said here* | safety glasses |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source |
| 3 | **look** | present | glasses *= glass* |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Why should he?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t8:2
# text = Why should he?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The teacher just likes everyone to look the same in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t8:o1:1
# text = The teacher just likes everyone to look the same in class
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | the teacher | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | the same |  | class |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They are only needed for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t8:o2:1
# text = They are only needed for adults
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | for adults | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A splash of chemicals could damage his eyes for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t8:o3:1
# text = A splash of chemicals could damage his eyes for life
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | could | a splash of chemicals | splash's eyes |  |  |  | for life | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **splash** |  | chemicals |  |  |  |  |  | nom splash «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Safety glasses help him see colours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets:t8:o4:1
# text = Safety glasses help him see colours
1	Safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Safety glasses | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | colours |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |

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