Test 13 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

got head lice again, means we're dirty doesnt it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: get, mean, be · To what, where: head lice, dirty doesnt

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 68 «Chickens, goats and little creatures» 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	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 means	nsubj
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lice	compound
3	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 got	obj
4	again	again	ADV	_	1 got	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 doesnt	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 doesnt	cop
9	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 doesnt	amod
10	doesnt	doesnt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 doesnt	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	get	past		head lice	again	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	we	dirty doesnt		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

Yes, you must wash more often or they keep coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wash	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wash	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wash	aux
5	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 often	advmod
7	often	often	ADV	_	5 wash	advmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	nsubj
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wash	conj
11	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wash	must	you	often property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	they		tree rules
3	come	gerund	they not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, lice only go to dirty hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 hair	case
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hair	amod
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

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

Option 3

Yes, only dirty children get lice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 children	advmod
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	dirty children	lice					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus

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

No, lice spread head to head and are common

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spread	nsubj
4	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 head	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 common	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 common	cop
10	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	lice	head				to head	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
2	is	present	lice not said here					common property	tree rules

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