--- title: A 7-year-old has a wobbly front tooth. What is most likely happening? — Teeth and their care · tree and pragmatics description: A 7-year-old has a wobbly front tooth. What is most likely happening? Test 7 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. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Teeth and their care A 7-year-old has a wobbly front tooth. What is most likely happening? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** year old · **What happens:** have, be, happen · **To what, where:** wobbly front tooth This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A 7-year-old has a wobbly front tooth. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t7:1 # text = A 7-year-old has a wobbly front tooth. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 wobbly wobbly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a year old | a wobbly front tooth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=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:* What is most likely happening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t7:2 # text = What is most likely happening? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 happening happen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She will have no teeth there forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t7:o1:1 # text = She will have no teeth there forever 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 7 forever forever ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | She | no teeth | | there | | forever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It means her bones are breaking ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t7:o2:1 # text = It means her bones are breaking 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **break** | present · progressive | her bones | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A milk tooth is being replaced by an adult tooth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t7:o3:1 # text = A milk tooth is being replaced by an adult tooth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 replaced replace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **replace** | present · passive | a adult tooth | a milk tooth | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The tooth has turned into a molar ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t7:o4:1 # text = The tooth has turned into a molar 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 molar molar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present · perfect | the tooth | | | a molar | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into molar=Trajectory | **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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