--- title: The medicine tastes horrible. What's the smart move? — «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at… · tree and pragmatics description: The medicine tastes horrible. What's the smart move? Test 6 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 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/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/t6/) [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/) / [«I did brush my teeth»: little lies at…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/) / t6 # Test 6 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home The medicine tastes horrible. What's the smart move? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** medicine, smart move · **What happens:** taste, be This is test 6 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The medicine tastes horrible. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t6:1 # text = The medicine tastes horrible. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tastes taste VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** | present | the medicine | | | | | horrible *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the smart move? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t6:2 # text = What's the smart move? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the smart move | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Pretend to take it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t6:o1:1 # text = Pretend to take it 1 Pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say you're better already ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t6:o2:1 # text = Say you're better already 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pour it down the sink ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t6:o3:1 # text = Pour it down the sink 1 Pour pour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sink sink NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme sink=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Tell the grown-up so they can try another kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home:t6:o4:1 # text = Tell the grown-up so they can try another kind 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the grown | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **try** | can | they | another kind | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Eventuality | **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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