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title: Identify the principal reason for which the wetting of a toothbrush… — «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the wetting of a toothbrush without brushing fails to conceal neglect. Exam question 1 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 1 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home

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Identify the principal reason for which the wetting of a toothbrush without brushing fails to conceal neglect.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wetting · **What happens:** identify, brush, fail, not conceal, wet · **To what, where:** principal reason, neglect, toothbrush

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the wetting of a toothbrush without brushing fails to conceal neglect.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wetting	wetting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	toothbrush	toothbrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
14	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **brush** | gerund | the wetting of a toothbrush *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fail** | present | the wetting of a toothbrush |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **not** **conceal** | to-infinitive | the wetting of a toothbrush *not said here* | neglect |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neglect=Patient |
| 5 | **wet** |  |  | a toothbrush |  |  |  |  | nom wetting «act transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Parents invariably observe the procedure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e1:o1:1
# text = Parents invariably observe the procedure
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present | Parents | the procedure |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The condition of the teeth is subsequently revealed upon dental examination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e1:o2:1
# text = The condition of the teeth is subsequently revealed upon dental examination
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dental	dental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present · passive |  | the condition of the teeth |  |  |  | upon dental examination; subsequently *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | the teeth |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wet toothbrushes are prohibited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e1:o3:1
# text = Wet toothbrushes are prohibited
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Wet toothbrushes |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toothbrushes record their use electronically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:e1:o4:1
# text = Toothbrushes record their use electronically
1	Toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	record	record	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	electronically	electronically	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | Toothbrushes | Toothbrushes's use |  |  |  | electronically *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Theme |
| 2 | **use** |  | Toothbrushes *= toothbrush* |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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