--- title: my brother swears gum u swallow stays in ur belly 7 years, true? — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: my brother swears gum u swallow stays in ur belly 7 years, true? Test 18 · ★ 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/t18/) [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/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth my brother swears gum u swallow stays in ur belly 7 years, true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, u swallow · **What happens:** swear, stay · **To what, where:** gum, belly This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t18:1 # text = my brother swears gum u swallow stays in ur belly 7 years, true? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swears swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 u u ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | present | my brother | gum | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent gum=Eventuality | | 2 | **stay** | present | u swallow | | | ur's belly | year | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in belly=Location | 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} True, but only the minty kind of gum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t18:o1:1 # text = True, but only the minty kind of gum 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 minty minty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} True, it sticks there for exactly seven years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t18:o2:1 # text = True, it sticks there for exactly seven years 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sticks stick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | present | it | | | there | year | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} False, it melts in your mouth at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t18:o3:1 # text = False, it melts in your mouth at once 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | it | | | your mouth | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Just a myth; swallowed gum passes through in a few days ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t18:o4:1 # text = Just a myth; swallowed gum passes through in a few days 1 Just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | participle | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pass through** | present | swallowed gum | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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