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title: «pulling my hair hurts but the hairdresser cutting it don't, that's… — Hair: growing, curly and straight, eye… · tree and pragmatics
description: «pulling my hair hurts but the hairdresser cutting it don't, that's weird» Why? Test 6 · ★★ 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 question and of each option
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…

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«pulling my hair hurts but the hairdresser cutting it don't, that's weird» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pulling, hairdresser · **What happens:** pull, hurt, cut, not do, be · **To what, where:** hair, hairdresser · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t6:1
# text = «pulling my hair hurts but the hairdresser cutting it don't, that's weird» Why?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hairdresser	hairdresser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
9	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** *in a quote* | gerund |  | my hair |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | present | pulling |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cut** *in a quote* | gerund | the hairdresser *not said here* | hairdresser |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | the hairdresser *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the hairdresser |  |  |  |  | weird *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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Pulling hair breaks bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t6:o1:1
# text = Pulling hair breaks bones
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | hair |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | present | Pulling | bones |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Hair has nerves only at the tips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t6:o2:1
# text = Hair has nerves only at the tips
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Hair | nerves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The hairdresser numbs the hair first with a special cream that stops the pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t6:o3:1
# text = The hairdresser numbs the hair first with a special cream that stops the pain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hairdresser	hairdresser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	numbs	numb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **numb** | present | the hairdresser | the hair |  |  |  | with a special cream; first *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hair=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stop** | present | a special cream | the pain |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pain=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Pulling tugs the living root with nerves; cutting only cuts dead hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t6:o4:1
# text = Pulling tugs the living root with nerves; cutting only cuts dead hair
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tugs	tug	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	nsubj	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tug** | present |  | the living root |  |  |  | with nerves | vn touch-20 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent root=Experiencer with nerve=Instrument |
| 3 | **cut** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **cut** | present |  | dead hair |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product |

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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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