--- title: why do my back teeth look all flat n bumpy — Teeth and their care · tree and pragmatics description: why do my back teeth look all flat n bumpy Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Teeth and their care why do my back teeth look all flat n bumpy **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** back teeth · **What happens:** do, look This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t9:1 # text = why do my back teeth look all flat n bumpy 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 n n ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 bumpy bumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | my back teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | present | my back teeth | | | | | n bumpy; flat *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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} They are incisors used for cutting ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t9:o1:1 # text = They are incisors used for cutting 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 incisors incisor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cutting cutting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | incisors | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | participle | | incisors *not said here* | | | | for cutting | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They are molars, made to grind and crush food ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t9:o2:1 # text = They are molars, made to grind and crush food 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 molars molar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 grind grind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 crush crush VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | molars | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | molars *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grind** | to-infinitive | molars *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **crush** | infinitive | molars *not said here* | food | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are canines, worn flat by tearing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t9:o3:1 # text = They are canines, worn flat by tearing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 canines canine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 tearing tear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | canines | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | participle | | canines *not said here* | | | | flat *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tear** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They are milk teeth that never grew ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:35-teeth-and-care:t9:o4:1 # text = They are milk teeth that never grew 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | milk teeth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **grow** | past | milk teeth | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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