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description: Whereas a permanent tooth has been dislodged by a blow, determine the procedure most consistent with the established facts. Exam question 2 of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for your teeth» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 2 · Flossing and caring for your teeth

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Whereas a permanent tooth has been dislodged by a blow, determine the procedure most consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** blow, you · **What happens:** dislodge, determine, establish · **To what, where:** permanent tooth, procedure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for 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/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e2:1
# text = Whereas a permanent tooth has been dislodged by a blow, determine the procedure most consistent with the established facts.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	dislodged	dislodge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	16	advmod	_	_
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dislodge** | present · perfect · passive | a blow | a permanent tooth |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the procedure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Hold it by the white crown, keep it in milk and attend a dentist at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e2:o1:1
# text = Hold it by the white crown, keep it in milk and attend a dentist at once
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	attend	attend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | by the white crown | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by crown=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | crown |  | milk |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in milk=Location |
| 3 | **attend** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a dentist |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dentist=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Place it in the freezer and visit a dentist next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e2:o2:1
# text = Place it in the freezer and visit a dentist next week
1	Place	place	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the freezer |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in freezer=Destination |
| 2 | **visit** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a dentist |  |  | week |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dentist=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hold it by the root, scrub it clean and keep it dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e2:o3:1
# text = Hold it by the root, scrub it clean and keep it dry
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	scrub	scrub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | by the root | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by root=Location |
| 2 | **scrub** | infinitive | you *not said here* | root |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | present | you *not said here* | root |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Discard it, as permanent teeth cannot be restored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e2:o4:1
# text = Discard it, as permanent teeth cannot be restored
1	Discard	discard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discard** |  | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **restore** | can · passive |  | Discard and permanent teeth |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

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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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