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title: "brushed my teeth right after my coke, so it's fine" — any problem? — Sugar, teeth and the dentist · tree and pragmatics
description: "brushed my teeth right after my coke, so it's fine" — any problem? Test 1 · ★ 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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# Test 1 · ★ · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

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"brushed my teeth right after my coke, so it's fine" — any problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** brush, be · **To what, where:** teeth

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Sugar, teeth and the dentist» of the medicine 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/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t1:1
# text = "brushed my teeth right after my coke, so it's fine" — any problem?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	brushed	brush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	coke	coke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** *in a quote* | past |  | my teeth |  |  | after my coke |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Only rinsing helps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t1:o1:1
# text = Only rinsing helps
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	rinsing	rinsing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | rinsing |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Brushing straight after acid can wear enamel, wait an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t1:o2:1
# text = Brushing straight after acid can wear enamel, wait an hour
1	Brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	enamel	enamel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after acid | straight *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear** | can | Brushing | enamel |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent enamel=Source |
| 3 | **wait** | infinitive | Brushing *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Coke has no acid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t1:o3:1
# text = Coke has no acid
1	Coke	coke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Coke | no acid |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, brushing straight after is best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t1:o4:1
# text = No, brushing straight after is best
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | after *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | brushing |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

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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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