Test 4 · ★ · Growing, skin, hair and food Grandad keeps plucking grey hairs to stop them. Granny warns two will grow back. A kind thing to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, Granny, two · What happens: keep, pluck, stop, warn, grow back, say · To what, where: grey hairs, hairs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» of the myths 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 Sentence 1: Grandad keeps plucking grey hairs to stop them.
nsubj xcomp amod obj mark advcl obj punct root Grandad PROPN keeps VERB plucking VERB grey ADJ hairs NOUN to PART stop VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 keeps nsubj 2 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 plucking pluck VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 keeps xcomp 4 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 hairs amod 5 hairs hair NOUN Number=Plur 3 plucking obj 6 to to PART _ 7 stop mark 7 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 plucking advcl 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 stop obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 keeps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep present Grandad tree rules 2 pluck gerund Grandad not said here grey hairs vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient 3 stop to-infinitive Grandad not said here hairs = hair vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality
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.
Sentence 2: Granny warns two will grow back.
nsubj nsubj aux xcomp advmod punct root Granny PROPN warns VERB two NUM will AUX grow VERB back ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Granny Granny PROPN Number=Sing 2 warns nsubj 2 warns warn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 grow nsubj 4 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 grow aux 5 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 warns xcomp 6 back back ADV _ 5 grow advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 warns punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 warn speech: warn present Granny vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 grow back future two vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: A kind thing to say?
det amod mark acl punct root A DET kind ADJ thing NOUN to PART say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 thing det 2 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 3 thing amod 3 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 to to PART _ 5 say mark 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 thing acl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 thing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert to-infinitive vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer "It's one hair per root, Grandad, you're just getting wiser!"
The tree, 12 words punct nsubj cop nummod case nmod punct conj punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis xcomp punct punct root " PUNCT It PRON 's AUX one NUM hair NOUN per ADP root NOUN , PUNCT Grandad PROPN , PUNCT you PRON 're AUX just ADV getting VERB wiser ADJ ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 hair punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 hair nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 hair cop 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 hair nummod 5 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 per per ADP _ 7 root case 7 root root NOUN Number=Sing 5 hair nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 Grandad punct 9 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 5 hair conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 getting punct 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 getting nsubj 12 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 getting aux 13 just just ADV _ 14 getting advmod 14 getting get VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 hair parataxis 15 wiser wise ADJ Degree=Cmp 14 getting xcomp 16 ! ! PUNCT _ 14 getting punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 14 getting punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present It one hair and Grandad per root tree rules 2 get in a quote present · progressive you wise property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 "Pluck them all, they won't come back."
punct obj nmod:unmarked punct nsubj aux advmod conj advmod punct punct root " PUNCT Pluck VERB them PRON all DET , PUNCT they PRON wo AUX n't PART come VERB back ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Pluck punct 2 Pluck pluck VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 Pluck obj 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 them nmod:unmarked 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 come punct 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 come nsubj 7 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 come aux 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 come advmod 9 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 Pluck conj 10 back back ADV _ 9 come advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 Pluck punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 2 Pluck punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pluck in a quote imperative you not said here them = they vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient 2 not come back in a quote future they vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 "Grey hair is a disease, see a doctor."
punct amod nsubj cop det punct parataxis det obj punct punct root " PUNCT Grey ADJ hair NOUN is AUX a DET disease NOUN , PUNCT see VERB a DET doctor NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 disease punct 2 Grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hair amod 3 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 6 disease nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 disease cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 disease det 6 disease disease NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 see punct 8 see see VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 disease parataxis 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 doctor det 10 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 8 see obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 disease punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 6 disease punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Grey hair a disease tree rules 2 see in a quote infinitive a doctor vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus
Option 4 "Granny's right, stop or you'll be bald."
punct nmod:poss case punct csubj cc nsubj aux cop conj punct punct root " PUNCT Granny PROPN 's PART right ADJ , PUNCT stop VERB or CCONJ you PRON 'll AUX be AUX bald ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 4 right punct 2 Granny Granny PROPN Number=Sing 4 right nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 Granny case 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 stop punct 6 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 right csubj 7 or or CCONJ _ 11 bald cc 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 bald nsubj 9 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 bald aux 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 bald cop 11 bald bald ADJ Degree=Pos 4 right conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 right punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 4 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop in a quote infinitive vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 2 is in a quote future you bald property tree rules
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