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title: A boy uses a sharp pin to get popcorn out of his teeth. What is the… — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy uses a sharp pin to get popcorn out of his teeth. What is the danger? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth

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A boy uses a sharp pin to get popcorn out of his teeth. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, danger · **What happens:** use, get, be · **To what, where:** sharp pin, popcorn, teeth

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy uses a sharp pin to get popcorn out of his teeth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t4:1
# text = A boy uses a sharp pin to get popcorn out of his teeth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a boy | a sharp pin |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | popcorn |  | boy's teeth |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer popcorn=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t4:2
# text = What is the danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, a pin is the best tool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, a pin is the best tool
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing | the best tool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The pin would make his teeth loose for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t4:o2:1
# text = The pin would make his teeth loose for ever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | the pin | his teeth |  |  |  | loose *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent tooth=Product for ever=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He could cut his gums or chip a tooth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t4:o3:1
# text = He could cut his gums or chip a tooth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	gums	gum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	chip	chip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | could | He | his gums |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Product |
| 2 | **chip** | infinitive | He *not said here* | a tooth |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pin could make the popcorn stick harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t4:o4:1
# text = The pin could make the popcorn stick harder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | could | the pin | the popcorn stick |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material stick=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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