--- title: my cousin says if u swallow toothpaste ur stomach explodes, true? — Brushing your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: my cousin says if u swallow toothpaste ur stomach explodes, true? Test 18 · ★ 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/t18/) [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/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★ · Brushing your teeth my cousin says if u swallow toothpaste ur stomach explodes, true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, u, stomach · **What happens:** say, swallow, explode · **To what, where:** toothpaste · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t18:1 # text = my cousin says if u swallow toothpaste ur stomach explodes, true? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 swallow swallow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 7 toothpaste toothpaste NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 explodes explode VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **swallow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u | toothpaste | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toothpaste=Patient | | 3 | **explode** | present | ur's stomach | | | | | true *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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} False, eating toothpaste is good for you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t18:o1:1 # text = False, eating toothpaste is good for you 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 toothpaste toothpaste NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | False eating toothpaste | | | | | for you; good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} True, but only with minty toothpaste ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t18:o2:1 # text = True, but only with minty toothpaste 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 minty minty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 toothpaste toothpaste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} True, one swallow makes your stomach burst ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t18:o3:1 # text = True, one swallow makes your stomach burst 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | True one swallow | your stomach burst | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset burst=Product | | 2 | **burst** | | your | | | | | | nom burst «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Exaggerated; just spit it out, as too much fluoride is not good ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:73-brushing-your-teeth:t18:o4:1 # text = Exaggerated; just spit it out, as too much fluoride is not good 1 Exaggerated exaggerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 spit spit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fluoride fluoride NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exaggerate** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spit out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | much fluoride | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | **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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