--- title: Why did the Vancouver girl's hidden toothache end with the tooth tak… — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the Vancouver girl's hidden toothache end with the tooth taken out? Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/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/) / [Anger and fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Anger and fears Why did the Vancouver girl's hidden toothache end with the tooth taken out? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, take out · **To what, where:** hidden toothache end, tooth This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» 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/212-anger-and-fears/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t16:1 # text = Why did the Vancouver girl's hidden toothache end with the tooth taken out? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Vancouver Vancouver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 toothache toothache NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Vancouver girl's hidden toothache end | | | | with the tooth | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Eventuality | | 2 | **take out** | participle | | the tooth *not said here* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Toothache always ends that way in the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t16:o1:1 # text = Toothache always ends that way in the end 1 Toothache toothache NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present | Toothache | that way | | | in the end | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality way=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Telling someone only makes teeth worse ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t16:o2:1 # text = Telling someone only makes teeth worse 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | someone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient | | 2 | **make** | present | Telling | teeth | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tooth=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The problem grew while nobody knew ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t16:o3:1 # text = The problem grew while nobody knew 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the problem | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Dentists always take out every bad tooth they see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t16:o4:1 # text = Dentists always take out every bad tooth they see 1 Dentists dentist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take out** | present | Dentists | every bad tooth | | | | always *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | Dentists *= dentist* | every bad tooth *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus | **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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