--- title: heard a boy at footy got his tooth knocked out and the dentist just… — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: heard a boy at footy got his tooth knocked out and the dentist just glued it back in like nothing, what's the real lesson Test 17 · ★ 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 --- [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/t17/) [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/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth heard a boy at footy got his tooth knocked out and the dentist just glued it back in like nothing, what's the real lesson **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** footy, tooth, dentist · **What happens:** hear, get, knock out, glue back, be · **To what, where:** boy, tooth, real lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t17:1 # text = heard a boy at footy got his tooth knocked out and the dentist just glued it back in like nothing, what's the real lesson 1 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 footy footy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 glued glue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | | a boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | footy | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **knock out** | past | footy's tooth | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **glue back** | past | the dentist | tooth | | | | like nothing | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the real lesson | | | | | tree rules | 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} Wait a week, then take it to the dentist ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t17:o1:1 # text = Wait a week, then take it to the dentist 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | it | | the dentist | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dentist=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Throw the tooth away, it can never be saved ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t17:o2:1 # text = Throw the tooth away, it can never be saved 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tooth | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme | | 2 | **not** **save** | can · passive | | tooth | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Hold the tooth by the top, keep it in milk, get to a dentist fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t17:o3:1 # text = Hold the tooth by the top, keep it in milk, get to a dentist fast 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tooth | | | | by the top | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme by top=Location | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | tooth | | milk | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in milk=Location | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to a dentist *result*; fast *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to dentist=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wash the root with soap and dry it well ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t17:o4:1 # text = Wash the root with soap and dry it well 1 Wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dry dry 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 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | the root | | | | with soap | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent root=Patient with soap=Instrument | | 2 | **dry** | infinitive | you *not said here* | root | | | | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | **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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