Test 18 · ★ · Washing your body and caring for your hair
kids reckon if u get nits ur head has to be shaved bald, true??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, u, head · What happens: reckon, get, have, shave · To what, where: nits
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» 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 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 reckon | nsubj |
| 2 | reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 has | advcl |
| 6 | nits | nit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 head | nmod:poss |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 has | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reckon | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 shaved | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 shaved | aux:pass |
| 12 | shaved | shave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 has | xcomp |
| 13 | bald | bald | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 shaved | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 true | punct |
| 15 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bald | conj |
| 16 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | kids | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | u | nits | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nit=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | have | present | ur's head | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | shave | to-infinitive · passive | ur's head not said here | bald property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
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
True, shaving it all off is the only cure there is for nits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cure | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaving | punct |
| 3 | shaving | shave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 cure | csubj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shaving | obj |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 it | det |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 shaving | compound:prt |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cure | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cure | det |
| 9 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cure | amod |
| 10 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 12 is | expl |
| 12 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cure | acl:relcl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 nits | case |
| 14 | nits | nit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cure | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shave off | gerund | it | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | shaving | the True only cure | for nits | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be | present | the True only cure not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
True, and you must stay home for a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stay | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stay | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stay | cc |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stay | aux |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 stay | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 year | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | must | you | year | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
False, nits go away by themselves overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nits | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 False | punct |
| 3 | nits | nit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 themselves | case |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 go | obl |
| 8 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present | False nits | by nits = nit; away, overnight property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by themselves=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Exaggerated; nits are treated with a fine-tooth comb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exaggerated | exaggerate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 nits | amod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Exaggerated | punct |
| 3 | nits | nit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 treated | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 treated | aux:pass |
| 5 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 comb | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 comb | det |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tooth | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 fine | punct |
| 10 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comb | compound |
| 11 | comb | comb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 treated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exaggerate | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | treat | present · passive | Exaggerated nits | with a tooth comb | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with comb=Theme |
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