--- title: teeth dont hurt so why go to the dentist — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics description: teeth dont hurt so why go to the dentist Test 14 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/t14/) [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/) / [The dentist and washing your hands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands teeth dont hurt so why go to the dentist **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teeth · **What happens:** hurt, go · **To what, where:** dentist This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 75 «The dentist and washing your hands» 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/75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t14:1 # text = teeth dont hurt so why go to the dentist 1 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 dont dont NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | past | teeth | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | teeth *not said here* | | | the dentist | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dentist=Initial\_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} You only go if a tooth falls out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t14:o1:1 # text = You only go if a tooth falls out 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | You | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall out** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a tooth | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Small holes don't hurt yet, the dentist finds them before they grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t14:o2:1 # text = Small holes don't hurt yet, the dentist finds them before they grow 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 yet yet ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hurt** | present · do-support | Small holes | | | | yet | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **find** | present | the dentist | holes *= hole* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 3 | **grow** | present | holes *= hole* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Check-ups make teeth weaker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t14:o3:1 # text = Check-ups make teeth weaker 1 Check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 weaker weak ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | Check ups | teeth | | | | weak *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tooth=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dentist only helps when it hurts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t14:o4:1 # text = The dentist only helps when it hurts 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | the dentist | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hurt** | present | dentist | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=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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