Test 18 · ★ · Chickens, goats and little creatures

everyone's saying Ella has nits cos her house is dirty

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, Ella, saying · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: nits · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 dirty	csubj
4	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
6	nits	nit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 house	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 house	nmod:poss
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nits	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dirty	cop
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	Ella	nits	cos Ella's house	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nit=Patient
3	is	present	saying		dirty property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; head lice spread by head-to-head contact and are common, not a sign of being dirty

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lice	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lice	compound
4	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spread	nsubj
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	12 contact	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contact	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 contact	punct
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 contact	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 to	punct
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contact	compound
12	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spread	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 common	cc
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 common	cop
15	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spread	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sign	punct
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 sign	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sign	det
19	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spread	conj
20	of	of	SCONJ	_	22 dirty	mark
21	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 dirty	cop
22	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sign	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	spread	present	Wrong head lice	by head head contact	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by contact=Location
2	is	present	Wrong head lice not said here	common property	tree rules
3	is	gerund	a sign not said here	dirty property	tree rules

Option 2

It is true, only messy kids get lice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 kids	advmod
6	messy	messy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kids	amod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
9	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	get	present	messy kids	lice					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus

Option 3

It is true, nits come from dirt, so if her house was clean she would never have caught them

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
5	nits	nit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 dirt	case
8	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 clean	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 clean	advmod
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 clean	mark
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 house	nmod:poss
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 clean	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 clean	cop
15	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 true	conj
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 caught	nsubj:pass
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 caught	aux
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 caught	advmod
19	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 caught	aux
20	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 clean	conj
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			true property	tree rules
2	come	present	nits		dirt		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dirt=Initial_Location
3	is	past	her house			clean property	tree rules
4	not catch	would · perfect · passive		she			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme

Option 4

It is true, if she has long hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 has	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	she	long hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

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