--- title: A girl uses her teeth as scissors to open everything. What is the ri… — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics description: A girl uses her teeth as scissors to open everything. What is the risk? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Flossing and caring for your teeth A girl uses her teeth as scissors to open everything. What is the risk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, risk · **What happens:** use, open, be · **To what, where:** teeth, everything This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl uses her teeth as scissors to open everything. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t8:1 # text = A girl uses her teeth as scissors to open everything. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | a girl | girl's teeth | | | | as scissors | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tooth=Duration as scissors=Attribute | | 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the risk? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t8:2 # text = What is the risk? 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 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the risk | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Her teeth could chip or crack ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t8:o1:1 # text = Her teeth could chip or crack 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 chip chip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chip** | could | Her teeth | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **crack** | infinitive | Her teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her jaw would grow much too big ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t8:o2:1 # text = Her jaw would grow much too big 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | Her jaw | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Her teeth would become sharper ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t8:o3:1 # text = Her teeth would become sharper 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 sharper sharp ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Her teeth | | | | | sharp *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her teeth would get much cleaner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:t8:o4:1 # text = Her teeth would get much cleaner 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 cleaner cleaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Her teeth | cleaner | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cleaner=Stimulus | **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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