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title: Mo, 7, has a gap where a tooth fell out. What's growing? — Sugar, teeth and the dentist · tree and pragmatics
description: Mo, 7, has a gap where a tooth fell out. What's growing? Test 9 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Sugar, teeth and the dentist

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Mo, 7, has a gap where a tooth fell out. What's growing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mo, tooth · **What happens:** have, fall out, grow · **To what, where:** gap

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mo, 7, has a gap where a tooth fell out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t9:1
# text = Mo, 7, has a gap where a tooth fell out.
1	Mo	Mo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mo | a gap |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Patient |
| 2 | **fall out** | past | a tooth |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's growing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t9:2
# text = What's growing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Another baby tooth, just like the old one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t9:o1:1
# text = Another baby tooth, just like the old one
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, the gap will stay there for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing, the gap will stay there for good
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | Nothing |  |  | there |  | for good | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An adult tooth that was underneath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t9:o3:1
# text = An adult tooth that was underneath
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	underneath	underneath	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wisdom tooth, the very first of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:24-sugar-teeth-and-the-dentist:t9:o4:1
# text = A wisdom tooth, the very first of them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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