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title: In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white… — Hair: growing, curly and straight, eye… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white in a second. What is the truth? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 355 «Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and going grey» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…

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In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white in a second. What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, fur, truth · **What happens:** see, turn, be · **To what, where:** ghost, Tom cartoon

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 355 «Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and going grey» 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/355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white in a second.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t5:1
# text = In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white in a second.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
15	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Tom | a ghost |  | a Tom cartoon |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus |
| 2 | **turn** | present | Tom's fur |  |  |  | second | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t5:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fright really bleaches fur instantly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t5:o1:1
# text = Fright really bleaches fur instantly
1	Fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bleaches	bleach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleach** | present | Fright | fur |  |  |  | instantly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It happens if the fright is long enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t5:o2:1
# text = It happens if the fright is long enough
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the fright |  |  |  |  | enough, long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The fur already grown is dead and cannot change colour from a fright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t5:o3:1
# text = The fur already grown is dead and cannot change colour from a fright
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  | the fur *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the fur |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **change** | can | the fur *not said here* | colour |  | a fright |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent colour=Patient from fright=Initial\_State |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only cats can turn white from fright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t5:o4:1
# text = Only cats can turn white from fright
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | can | cats |  |  | fright |  | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from fright=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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