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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the recommended… — Brushing your teeth · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the recommended conduct immediately subsequent to brushing? Exam question 2 of lesson 73 «Brushing your teeth» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 2 · Brushing your teeth

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the recommended conduct immediately subsequent to brushing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, recommend, brush · **To what, where:** recommended conduct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 73 «Brushing your teeth» 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/73-brushing-your-teeth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the recommended conduct immediately subsequent to brushing?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
13	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the recommended conduct |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **brush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The teeth are brushed a second time without toothpaste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:e2:o1:1
# text = The teeth are brushed a second time without toothpaste
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	brushed	brush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | present · passive |  | the teeth |  |  | time | without toothpaste | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The toothpaste is swallowed so as to protect the teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:e2:o2:1
# text = The toothpaste is swallowed so as to protect the teeth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present · passive |  | the toothpaste |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the teeth |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The toothpaste is expelled but the mouth is not rinsed at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:e2:o3:1
# text = The toothpaste is expelled but the mouth is not rinsed at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | present · passive |  | the toothpaste |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **rinse** | present · passive |  | the mouth |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with abundant water on several occasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:e2:o4:1
# text = The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with abundant water on several occasions
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rinsed	rinse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	abundant	abundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | present · passive |  | the mouth |  | several occasions |  | with abundant water; thoroughly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

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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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