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title: «my mate says brown skin and white skin have totally different cells… — Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freck… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my mate says brown skin and white skin have totally different cells inside» What is right? Test 6 of lesson 353 «Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 6 · Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn

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«my mate says brown skin and white skin have totally different cells inside» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, white skin · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** brown skin, different cells · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 353 «Skin: layers, sweat, goosebumps, freckles and sunburn» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t6:1
# text = «my mate says brown skin and white skin have totally different cells inside» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
11	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my mate | brown skin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | white skin | different cells |  |  |  | inside *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, lighter skin has no melanin at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, lighter skin has no melanin at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	melanin	melanin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | lighter skin | no melanin |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent melanin=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, skin colour comes from the blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t6:o2:1
# text = No, skin colour comes from the blood
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | skin colour |  |  | the blood |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from blood=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, everyone has about the same colour cells; they just make different amounts of melanin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t6:o3:1
# text = No, everyone has about the same colour cells; they just make different amounts of melanin
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	melanin	melanin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | everyone | the same colour cells |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cell=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | cells *= cell* | different amounts of melanin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amount=Product |
| 3 | **amount** |  |  | melanin |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, darker skin has extra skin layers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, darker skin has extra skin layers
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | darker skin | extra skin layers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Patient |

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