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title: A boy uses a toothpick-sharp pencil to clean his teeth and his gum s… — Teeth, baths and showers, safety glass… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy uses a toothpick-sharp pencil to clean his teeth and his gum starts bleeding. What would have been better? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 2 · ★ · Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed,…

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A boy uses a toothpick-sharp pencil to clean his teeth and his gum starts bleeding. What would have been better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, gum · **What happens:** use, clean, start, bleed, be · **To what, where:** sharp pencil, teeth

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 317 «Teeth, baths and showers, safety glasses, getting dressed, sleep and safe food» 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/317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy uses a toothpick-sharp pencil to clean his teeth and his gum starts bleeding.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t2:1
# text = A boy uses a toothpick-sharp pencil to clean his teeth and his gum starts bleeding.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	toothpick	toothpick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a boy | a sharp pencil |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Patient |
| 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | boy's teeth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 3 | **start** | present | boy's gum |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **bleed** | gerund | boy's gum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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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 would have been better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t2:2
# text = What would have been better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A sharper pencil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t2:o1:1
# text = A sharper pencil
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharper	sharp	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A fingernail pressed hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t2:o2:1
# text = A fingernail pressed hard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fingernail	fingernail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | participle |  | a fingernail *not said here* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A knife from the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t2:o3:1
# text = A knife from the kitchen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Dental floss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:317-teeth-baths-showers-sleep-and-safe-food:t2:o4:1
# text = Dental floss
1	Dental	dental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	floss	floss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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