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title: sweets dont even touch the tooth inside so how do they rot it — Teeth and their care · tree and pragmatics
description: sweets dont even touch the tooth inside so how do they rot it Test 10 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.
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# Test 10 · Teeth and their care

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sweets dont even touch the tooth inside so how do they rot it

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sweets · **What happens:** touch, rot · **To what, where:** tooth

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t10:1
# text = sweets dont even touch the tooth inside so how do they rot it
1	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	dont	dont	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rot	rot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | infinitive | sweets | the tooth |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **rot** | present · do-support | sweets *= sweet* | tooth |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Germs turn the sugar into acid that eats the enamel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t10:o1:1
# text = Germs turn the sugar into acid that eats the enamel
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	enamel	enamel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Germs | the sugar |  | acid |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme into acid=Trajectory |
| 2 | **eat** | present | acid | the enamel |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enamel=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sugar freezes the teeth and cracks them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t10:o2:1
# text = Sugar freezes the teeth and cracks them
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	freezes	freeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present | Sugar | the teeth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tooth=Result |
| 2 | **crack** | present | Sugar *not said here* | teeth *= tooth* |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Sweets make the teeth soft and wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t10:o3:1
# text = Sweets make the teeth soft and wet
1	Sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sweets | the teeth |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tooth=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sugar is sharp and scratches the teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t10:o4:1
# text = Sugar is sharp and scratches the teeth
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	scratches	scratch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sugar |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **scratch** | present | Sugar *not said here* | the teeth |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme |

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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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