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title: someone said the dentist drills right through ur head if u move, is… — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics
description: someone said the dentist drills right through ur head if u move, is that true lol Test 18 · ★ 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.
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# Test 18 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
someone said the dentist drills right through ur head if u move, is that true lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, dentist, move, u · **What happens:** say, drill, be, move · **To what, where:** head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t18:1
# text = someone said the dentist drills right through ur head if u move, is that true lol
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drills	drill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
11	u	u	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
17	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drill** | present | the dentist |  |  | ur's head |  | right *property* | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u's move |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **move** |  | u |  |  |  |  |  | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a rumour; the dentist explains each step and stops if you raise a hand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t18:o1:1
# text = No, a rumour; the dentist explains each step and stops if you raise a hand
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | a rumour | each step |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | present | a rumour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **raise** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a hand |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only for children under ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t18:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only for children under ten
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, so you must never visit a dentist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, so you must never visit a dentist
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **visit** | must | you | a dentist |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dentist=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, dentists drill holes on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, dentists drill holes on purpose
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dentists	dentist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drill	drill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drill** | present | dentists | holes |  | purpose |  |  | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |

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