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Test 8 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments

A kid says, "lice only go on dirty kids, everyone knows that." Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, lice, everyone · What happens: say, go on, know, be · To what, where: dirty kids, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection 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: A kid says, "lice only go on dirty kids, everyone knows that."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kids	amod
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 go	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 knows	nsubj
14	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 knows	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go on in a quote	present	lice	dirty kids					vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know in a quote	present	everyone	that					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

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: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	kid					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes; lice only live on kids who never shower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 lice	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 kids	case
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 shower	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 shower	advmod
10	shower	shower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kids	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	lice					on kids	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on kid=Location
2	not shower	present	kids						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes; washing every day keeps lice away for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 washing	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keeps	csubj
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 washing	obj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keeps	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 keeps	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 good	case
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund					day		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep away	present	washing	lice				for good; away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent louse=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; lice don't care whether hair is clean or dirty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 care	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 care	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 care	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 care	advmod
6	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 clean	mark
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clean	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 clean	cop
10	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 care	ccomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 dirty	cc
12	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 clean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	present · do-support	lice						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	hair					clean property	tree rules
3	be		hair not said here						tree rules

Option 4

No, lice only go on kids with long hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 lice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	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	on	on	ADP	_	7 kids	case
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 go	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hair	case
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hair	amod
10	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					on kids; with long hair	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with hair=Beneficiary

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