---
title: The dentist painted my back teeth, so I can skip brushing them, yeah? — Sugar, teeth and the dentist · tree and pragmatics
description: The dentist painted my back teeth, so I can skip brushing them, yeah? Test 11 · ★ 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/t11/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Sugar, teeth and the dentist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/) / t11

# Test 11 · ★ · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dentist painted my back teeth, so I can skip brushing them, yeah?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dentist, I · **What happens:** paint, skip, brush · **To what, where:** back teeth, teeth

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t11:1
# text = The dentist painted my back teeth, so I can skip brushing them, yeah?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
12	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | the dentist | my back teeth |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tooth=Destination |
| 2 | **skip** | can | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **brush** | gerund | I *not said here* | teeth *= tooth* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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, sealants help but don't replace brushing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t11:o1:1
# text = No, sealants help but don't replace brushing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	sealants	sealant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	brushing	brushing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | sealants |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **replace** | infinitive · do-support | sealants *not said here* | brushing |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brushing=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they're sealed forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, they're sealed forever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only at weekends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only at weekends
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	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because the paint wears off in a single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t11:o4:1
# text = No, because the paint wears off in a single day
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear off** | present | the paint |  |  |  | day |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Sugar, teeth and the dentist, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/t10/)
- next →: [Sugar, teeth and the dentist, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/e1/)
- ↑ back to [Sugar, teeth and the dentist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist/)