--- title: can i use my sisters toothbrush, mine's gone manky — Brushing your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: can i use my sisters toothbrush, mine's gone manky Test 12 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/73-brushing-your-teeth/t12/) [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/) / [Brushing your teeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/73-brushing-your-teeth/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Brushing your teeth can i use my sisters toothbrush, mine's gone manky **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, mine · **What happens:** use, be · **To what, where:** sisters toothbrush This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 73 «Brushing your teeth» 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/73-brushing-your-teeth/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t12:1 # text = can i use my sisters toothbrush, mine's gone manky 1 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 toothbrush toothbrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 manky manky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | can | i | my sisters toothbrush | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toothbrush=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | mine | | | | | manky *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, never share, it carries germs and blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t12:o1:1 # text = No, never share, it carries germs and blood 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | present | it | germs and blood | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, family can always share brushes, it's fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, family can always share brushes, it's fine 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 brushes brush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | can | family | brushes | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | family *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if she says it is fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, if she says it is fine 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 expl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if you rinse it first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, if you rinse it first 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rinse rinse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rinse** | present | you | it | | | | first *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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. 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