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title: «Grandad's grey cos his hair's dusty from the shed» What is right? — Hair: growing, curly and straight, eye… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Grandad's grey cos his hair's dusty from the shed» What is right? Test 9 · ★★ 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; Mova's choi
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…

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«Grandad's grey cos his hair's dusty from the shed» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t9:1
# text = «Grandad's grey cos his hair's dusty from the shed» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  | grey *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, the dust from the shed slowly gets stuck in his hair and makes it grey

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, the dust from the shed slowly gets stuck in his hair and makes it grey
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the dust from the shed |  |  |  |  | slowly, stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | present | the dust from the shed *not said here* | hair |  |  |  | grey *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grey comes from not washing enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t9:o2:1
# text = Grey comes from not washing enough
1	Grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Grey |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **wash** | gerund | Grey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Grey hair grows when the root's colour cells stop making melanin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t9:o3:1
# text = Grey hair grows when the root's colour cells stop making melanin
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	melanin	melanin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Grey hair |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | the root's colour cells |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **make** | gerund | the root's colour cells *not said here* | melanin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset melanin=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grey hair is dead and the dark hair is alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey:t9:o4:1
# text = Grey hair is dead and the dark hair is alive
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grey hair |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the dark hair |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |

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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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