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title: Why do dentists say "fewer sugary snacks"? — Teeth and their care · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do dentists say "fewer sugary snacks"? Test 6 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 6 · Teeth and their care

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Why do dentists say "fewer sugary snacks"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dentists · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** fewer sugary snacks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t6:1
# text = Why do dentists say "fewer sugary snacks"?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	dentists	dentist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
7	sugary	sugary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | dentists | fewer sugary snacks |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent snack=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Germs make acid from sugar, and every snack feeds them again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t6:o1:1
# text = Germs make acid from sugar, and every snack feeds them again
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Germs | acid |  | sugar |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset acid=Product from sugar=Material |
| 2 | **feed** | present | every snack | Germs *= germ* |  |  | again |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snacks stop saliva for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t6:o2:1
# text = Snacks stop saliva for a week
1	Snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Snacks | saliva |  |  | week |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality saliva=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sugar turns enamel into bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t6:o3:1
# text = Sugar turns enamel into bone
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	enamel	enamel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Sugar | enamel |  | bone |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent enamel=Theme into bone=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sugar makes teeth grow too big

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t6:o4:1
# text = Sugar makes teeth grow too big
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sugar | teeth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | teeth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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