Exam question 3 · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of shaving upon the subsequent growth of hair.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, effect, hair · What happens: select, establish, concern, shave, grow · To what, where: response, effect

This is exam question 3 of lesson 355 «Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and going grey» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 effect	det
11	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 shaving	mark
13	shaving	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 effect	acl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 growth	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 growth	det
16	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 growth	amod
17	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shaving	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 hair	case
19	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 growth	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the effect		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus effect=Experiencer
4	shave	gerund	the effect not said here		upon the subsequent growth of hair	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	grow		hair			nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shaving terminates the growth of hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 terminates	nsubj
2	terminates	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 growth	det
4	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 terminates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hair	case
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shave	gerund			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	terminate	present		the growth of hair	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent growth=Theme
3	grow		hair		nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Shaving darkens the hair permanently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 darkens	nsubj
2	darkens	darken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hair	det
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 darkens	obj
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 darkens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	gerund							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	darken	present		the hair				permanently property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 3

Shaving doubles the thickness of the hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 doubles	nsubj
2	doubles	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thickness	det
4	thickness	thickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubles	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hair	det
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thickness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	gerund							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	double	present		the thickness of the hair					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thickness=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Shaving does not render the hair thicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 render	csubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 render	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 render	advmod
4	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hair	det
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 render	obj
7	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 render	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave	gerund							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not render	present · do-support	Shaving	the hair				thick property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme

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