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title: Ascertain the conduct recommended subsequent to brushing with fluori… — Sugar, teeth and the dentist · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the conduct recommended subsequent to brushing with fluoride toothpaste. Exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Sugar, teeth and the dentist» of the medicine 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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# Exam question 3 · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

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Ascertain the conduct recommended subsequent to brushing with fluoride toothpaste.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, conduct · **What happens:** ascertain, recommend, brush

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Sugar, teeth and the dentist» of the medicine 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/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the conduct recommended subsequent to brushing with fluoride toothpaste.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fluoride	fluoride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **recommend** | past | the conduct |  |  |  |  | subsequent *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **brush** | gerund | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with fluoride toothpaste | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with toothpaste=Instrument |

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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}

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Expectoration without rinsing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:e3:o1:1
# text = Expectoration without rinsing
1	Expectoration	expectoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	rinsing	rinse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rinse** | gerund | Expectoration *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Swallowing of the residue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:e3:o2:1
# text = Swallowing of the residue
1	Swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	residue	residue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the residue | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thorough rinsing with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:e3:o3:1
# text = Thorough rinsing with water
1	Thorough	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rinsing	rinsing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Immediate consumption of fruit juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:e3:o4:1
# text = Immediate consumption of fruit juice
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  |  | fruit juice |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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