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title: Identify the principal function of a dental filling. — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of a dental filling. Exam question 1 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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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# Exam question 1 · The dentist and washing your hands

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Identify the principal function of a dental filling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal function of a dental filling.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dental	dental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	filling	filling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function of a dental filling |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It numbs the tooth so that it never feels pain again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e1:o1:1
# text = It numbs the tooth so that it never feels pain again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	numbs	numb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **numb** | present | It | the tooth |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **feel** | present | tooth | pain |  |  | again |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It repairs a cavity so that it does not enlarge and cause pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e1:o2:1
# text = It repairs a cavity so that it does not enlarge and cause pain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repairs	repair	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cavity	cavity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** | present | It | a cavity |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cavity=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **enlarge** | present · do-support | cavity |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** | infinitive | cavity *not said here* | pain |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It whitens the surface of the tooth permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e1:o3:1
# text = It whitens the surface of the tooth permanently
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whitens	whiten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whiten** | present | It | the surface of the tooth |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent surface=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It removes the tooth so that a new one may grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:e1:o4:1
# text = It removes the tooth so that a new one may grow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | the tooth |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | may | a new one |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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