--- title: bit of chicken stuck tween my teeth, gonna use a fork — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: bit of chicken stuck tween my teeth, gonna use a fork Test 10 · ★ 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 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/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/t10/) [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/) / [Flossing and caring for your teeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth bit of chicken stuck tween my teeth, gonna use a fork **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stuck tween teeth · **What happens:** stick, use · **To what, where:** fork This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for 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/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t10:1 # text = bit of chicken stuck tween my teeth, gonna use a fork 1 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 5 tween tween NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ _ 10 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **use** | infinitive | my stuck tween teeth *not said here* | a fork | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fork=Patient | 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} Yes, a fork is the quickest way ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, a fork is the quickest way 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 quickest quick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a fork | the quickest way | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, just be quick about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, just be quick about it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | about it; quick *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, use a pin if the fork is too big ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, use a pin if the fork is too big 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a pin | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Patient | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the fork | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, use floss, sharp things cut gums and chip teeth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t10:o4:1 # text = No, use floss, sharp things cut gums and chip teeth 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 floss floss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 gums gum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 chip chip NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | floss | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floss=Patient | | 2 | **cut** | present | sharp things | gums and chip teeth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gum=Product | **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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