--- title: whats the point of floss, i brush twice a day — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: whats the point of floss, i brush twice a day Test 16 · ★ 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/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/) / [Flossing and caring for your teeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth whats the point of floss, i brush twice a day **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whats · **What happens:** brush, point · **To what, where:** floss This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t16:1 # text = whats the point of floss, i brush twice a day 1 whats what NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 floss floss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 brush brush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush** | present | whats | | | | day | twice *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **point** | | | floss | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=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} It makes your teeth whiter only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t16:o1:1 # text = It makes your teeth whiter only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 whiter white ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | your teeth | | | | white *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material tooth=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It stops your teeth from growing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t16:o2:1 # text = It stops your teeth from growing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | your teeth | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality tooth=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It cleans between the teeth where holes start and a brush cannot reach ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t16:o3:1 # text = It cleans between the teeth where holes start and a brush cannot reach 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cleans clean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 7 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | present | It | | | | | between the teeth | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **start** | present | holes | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **reach** | can | a brush | | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is just for people with braces ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t16:o4:1 # text = It is just for people with braces 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 braces brace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for people; with braces | 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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