Test 16 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

did u hear a kid shared his mate's helmet at hockey and "got nits so bad they had to shave his head". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, nits · What happens: hear, share, get, shave · To what, where: lesson, helmet, hockey, nits, head · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shared	nsubj
6	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mate	nmod:poss
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 helmet	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mate	case
10	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shared	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 hockey	case
12	hockey	hockey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 helmet	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 got	cc
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 got	punct
15	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shared	conj
16	nits	nit	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 got	obj
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 bad	advmod
18	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 got	xcomp
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 bad	aux
21	to	to	PART	_	22 shave	mark
22	shave	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 had	xcomp
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 head	nmod:poss
24	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 shave	obj
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 shave	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	share	past	a kid	kid's mate's helmet	hockey		tree rules
3	get in a quote	past	a kid not said here	nits		bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nit=Stimulus
4	shave in a quote	to-infinitive	nits not said here	kid's head			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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.

The options

Option 1

Shaving is the only cure for nits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cure	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cure	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cure	amod
5	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 nits	case
7	nits	nit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cure	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	is a	present		the only cure				for nits	tree rules

Option 2

Nits only come from dirty people, so he must never wash his hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nits	nit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wash	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 wash	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wash	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 wash	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 wash	advmod
12	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 come	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hair	nmod:poss
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Nits					from dirty people	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from people=Initial_Location
2	not wash	must	he	his hair					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 3

Never wear a helmet at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 wear	advmod
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 helmet	det
4	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wear	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wear	imperative	you not said here	a helmet		all			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Clean shared helmets between users; they can spread lice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 helmets	amod
3	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Clean	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 users	case
5	users	user	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helmets	nmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 spread	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spread	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 spread	aux
9	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Clean	advcl
10	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	clean	imperative	you not said here	shared helmets	between users	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient
2	share	participle				tree rules
3	spread	can	helmets = helmet	lice		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location louse=Theme

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