--- title: baby teeth fall out anyway so why bother brushing em — Brushing your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: baby teeth fall out anyway so why bother brushing em Test 16 · ★ 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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Brushing your teeth baby teeth fall out anyway so why bother brushing em **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** baby teeth · **What happens:** fall out This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t16:1 # text = baby teeth fall out anyway so why bother brushing em 1 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 8 bother bother DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 brushing brushing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 em em PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall out** | present | baby teeth | | | | | anyway *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It does not matter until you are 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t16:o1:1 # text = It does not matter until you are 12 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | until 12 | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Brushing baby teeth makes them fall faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t16:o2:1 # text = Brushing baby teeth makes them fall faster 1 Brushing brush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 csubj _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush** | gerund | | baby teeth | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | Brushing | teeth *= tooth* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | infinitive | teeth *= tooth* *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Baby teeth cannot get holes at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t16:o3:1 # text = Baby teeth cannot get holes at all 1 Baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | can | Baby teeth | holes | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent hole=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Rotten baby teeth hurt, get infected and can harm the new ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t16:o4:1 # text = Rotten baby teeth hurt, get infected and can harm the new ones 1 Rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 infected infected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | Rotten baby teeth | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | | | | | | infected *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **harm** | can | Rotten baby teeth *not said here* | the new ones | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer | **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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