--- title: A boy sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon. Why is this bad for hi… — Teeth and their care · tree and pragmatics description: A boy sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon. Why is this bad for his teeth? Test 1 of lesson 35 «Teeth and their care» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/35-teeth-and-care/t1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Teeth and their care](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/35-teeth-and-care/) / t1 # Test 1 · Teeth and their care A boy sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon. Why is this bad for his teeth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, this · **What happens:** sip, be · **To what, where:** sweet fizzy drink This is test 1 of lesson 35 «Teeth and their care» of the world 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/world/35-teeth-and-care/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t1:1 # text = A boy sips a sweet fizzy drink all afternoon. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sips sip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 fizzy fizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sip** | present | a boy | a sweet fizzy drink | | | afternoon | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient | 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:* Why is this bad for his teeth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t1:2 # text = Why is this bad for his teeth? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | for boy's teeth; bad *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Cold drinks make teeth fall out ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t1:o1:1 # text = Cold drinks make teeth fall out 1 Cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 drinks drink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Cold drinks | teeth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall out** | infinitive | teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The drink fills his cavities with gas ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t1:o2:1 # text = The drink fills his cavities with gas 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cavities cavity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present | the drink | his cavities | | | | with gas | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cavity=Patient with gas=Instrument | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The germs keep making acid from the sugar all afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t1:o3:1 # text = The germs keep making acid from the sugar all afternoon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 acid acid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | the germs | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | gerund | the germs *not said here* | acid | | the sugar | afternoon | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset acid=Product from sugar=Material | ### Option 4 {#o4} The bubbles crack the enamel ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t1:o4:1 # text = The bubbles crack the enamel 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 crack crack VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 enamel enamel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crack** | present | the bubbles | the enamel | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location enamel=Theme | **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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