Test 17 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears

heard a girl's hair got caught in the drill in tech class and it nearly scalped her, what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hair · What happens: hear, catch, scalp, be · To what, where: hair, drill, girl, real lesson

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hair	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 girl	case
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	nsubj
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 caught	aux:pass
7	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 heard	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 drill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drill	det
10	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 class	case
12	tech	tech	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drill	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 scalped	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 scalped	nsubj
16	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	17 scalped	advmod
17	scalped	scalp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 scalped	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 lesson	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 lesson	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 lesson	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 lesson	det
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	catch	past · passive		a girl's hair	the drill in tech class		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	scalp	past	hair	girl		nearly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source
4	is a	present		the real lesson			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

Long hair should be cut off for every class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hair	amod
2	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cut	aux:pass
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 cut	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	should · passive		Long hair				for every class	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Machines only catch short hair, not long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 catch	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 catch	advmod
3	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catch	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 long	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 catch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	Machines	short hair					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme

Option 3

Hold your hair with one hand while drilling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hair	nmod:poss
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hand	nummod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 drilling	mark
8	drilling	drill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	your hair				with one hand	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme
2	drill	gerund	you not said here						vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tie long hair back near machines and flames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hair	amod
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Tie	advmod
5	near	near	ADP	_	6 machines	case
6	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tie	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flames	cc
8	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 machines	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie back	imperative	you not said here	long hair		machines and flames			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

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