--- title: gums bleed a bit when i brush, should i stop brushing there — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: gums bleed a bit when i brush, should i stop brushing there Test 14 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth gums bleed a bit when i brush, should i stop brushing there **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gums, i · **What happens:** bleed, brush, stop · **To what, where:** bit This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t14:1 # text = gums bleed a bit when i brush, should i stop brushing there 1 gums gum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bleed bleed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 brush brush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 brushing brush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bleed** | present | gums | a bit | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bit=Source | | 2 | **brush** | present | i | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | should | i | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **brush** | gerund | i *not said here* | | | there | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Only brush there on Sundays ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t14:o1:1 # text = Only brush there on Sundays 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 brush brush VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Sundays Sunday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | there | sunday | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, stop brushing there for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t14:o2:1 # text = Yes, stop brushing there for good 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 brushing brush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **brush** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | there | | for good | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, rub salt hard on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t14:o3:1 # text = Yes, rub salt hard on them 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 rub rub NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, keep brushing gently and floss, bleeding gums need cleaning ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t14:o4:1 # text = No, keep brushing gently and floss, bleeding gums need cleaning 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 brushing brush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 floss floss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bleeding bleed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 gums gum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 12 cleaning cleaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **brush** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | gently *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bleed** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 4 | **need** | present | bleeding gums | cleaning | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaning=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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