--- title: Theo, back «from the dentist» — no sticker, normal mouth, eats a tof… — Too many details, too few · tree and pragmatics description: Theo, back «from the dentist» — no sticker, normal mouth, eats a toffee straight away. What's most likely? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/t7/) [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/) / [Too many details, too few](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few Theo, back «from the dentist» — no sticker, normal mouth, eats a toffee straight away. What's most likely? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Theo · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** toffee This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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/450-too-many-details-too-few/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Theo, back «from the dentist» — no sticker, normal mouth, eats a toffee straight away. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t7:1 # text = Theo, back «from the dentist» — no sticker, normal mouth, eats a toffee straight away. 1 Theo Theo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 sticker sticker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 toffee toffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 straight straight ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | Theo | a toffee | | | | away *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toffee=Patient | 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 most likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t7:2 # text = What's most likely? 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 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The dentist forgot the sticker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t7:o1:1 # text = The dentist forgot the sticker 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sticker sticker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | the dentist | the sticker | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Toffee is good after the dentist ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t7:o2:1 # text = Toffee is good after the dentist 1 Toffee Toffee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Toffee | | | | after the dentist | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He wasn't at the dentist ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t7:o3:1 # text = He wasn't at the dentist 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** | past | He | | | the dentist | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at dentist=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dentists don't touch teeth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:450-too-many-details-too-few:t7:o4:1 # text = Dentists don't touch teeth 1 Dentists dentist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **touch** | present · do-support | Dentists | teeth | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme | **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. - ← previous: [Too many details, too few, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/t6/) - next →: [Too many details, too few, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/t8/) - ↑ back to [Too many details, too few](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/)