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title: Ella reckons brushing once a week is fine. right? — Teeth and their care · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella reckons brushing once a week is fine. right? Test 12 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 right.
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# Test 12 · Teeth and their care

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Ella reckons brushing once a week is fine. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ella, brushing · **What happens:** reckon, brush, be

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This is test 12 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t12:1
# text = Ella reckons brushing once a week is fine. right?
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ella |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **brush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | brushing |  |  |  |  | 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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Yes, if you use lots of toothpaste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you use lots of toothpaste
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | you | lots of toothpaste |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

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

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No, brush twice a day for about two minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t12:o2:1
# text = No, brush twice a day for about two minutes
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day; minute | twice *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, once a week is enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, once a week is enough
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a week |  |  |  |  | enough, once *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, brush once a month but for much longer each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t12:o4:1
# text = No, brush once a month but for much longer each time
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | month; time | long, once *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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