Test 6 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…

«Jake's got nits, his hair's filthy» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: get, be · To what, where: nits, filthy best correction

This is test 6 of lesson 397 «Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fleas and head lice» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	nits	nit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 correction	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hair	nmod:poss
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 correction	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 hair	case
10	filthy	filthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 correction	amod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 filthy	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 correction	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 correction	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 correction	det
15	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 correction	amod
16	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	Jake	nits					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nit=Stimulus
2	is a	present		Jake's hair's filthy best correction					tree rules

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

Lice only live on dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 dogs	case
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Lice					on dogs	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dog=Location

Option 2

Right, only dirty hair gets lice, so he should just wash it more

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 hair	advmod
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gets	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wash	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 wash	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wash	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 wash	aux
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 wash	advmod
13	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gets	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wash	obj
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	dirty hair	lice					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus
2	wash	should	hair	it					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Lice come from dirty pillows only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 pillows	case
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pillows	amod
5	pillows	pillow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	obl
6	only	only	ADV	_	2 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Lice			dirty pillows			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pillow=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Lice are not a sign of dirty hair; clean hair gets them too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sign	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 sign	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 hair	case
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hair	amod
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 gets	punct
10	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hair	amod
11	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gets	obj
14	too	too	ADV	_	12 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Lice	a sign				of dirty hair	tree rules
2	get	present	clean hair	Lice = louse					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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