--- title: Mia tells the dentist, "Like, a lot, honestly." What does aux dents… — The body · tree and pragmatics description: Mia tells the dentist, "Like, a lot, honestly." What does aux dents tell the dentist? Test 8 of lesson 16 «The body» of the French 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/french/16-the-body/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/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [The body](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/16-the-body/) / t8 # Test 8 · The body Mia tells the dentist, "Like, a lot, honestly." What does aux dents tell the dentist? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia, aux dents · **What happens:** tell · **To what, where:** dentist · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 16 «The body» of the French 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/french/16-the-body/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia tells the dentist, "Like, a lot, honestly." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t8:1 # text = Mia tells the dentist, "Like, a lot, honestly." 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell 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 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Like like INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | the dentist | | | | a lot *obl*; honestly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dentist=Recipient | 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 does aux dents tell the dentist? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t8:2 # text = What does aux dents tell the dentist? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 aux aux NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dents dent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dentist dentist NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | aux dents | the dentist | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dentist=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} the teeth are clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t8:o1:1 # text = the teeth are clean 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the teeth | | | | | clean *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} more than one tooth hurts ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t8:o2:1 # text = more than one tooth hurts 1 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 3 advmod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | one tooth | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} one tooth hurts ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t8:o3:1 # text = one tooth hurts 1 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | one tooth | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} the teeth are new ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t8:o4:1 # text = the teeth are new 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the teeth | | | | | new *property* | tree rules | **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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