--- title: What does a sealant do to the back teeth? — The dentist and washing your hands · tree and pragmatics description: What does a sealant do to the back teeth? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The dentist and washing your hands What does a sealant do to the back teeth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sealant · **What happens:** do This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t9:1 # text = What does a sealant do to the back teeth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sealant sealant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | a sealant | | | | | to the back teeth | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Pulls them out painlessly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t9:o1:1 # text = Pulls them out painlessly 1 Pulls pull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 painlessly painlessly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Makes them grow bigger and stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t9:o2:1 # text = Makes them grow bigger and stronger 1 Makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Turns them white ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t9:o3:1 # text = Turns them white 1 Turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | | them *= they* | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Coats them to help stop decay ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:75-the-dentist-and-washing-hands:t9:o4:1 # text = Coats them to help stop decay 1 Coats coat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 decay decay NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | | decay | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality decay=Eventuality | **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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