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title: «Jake's got nits, his hair's filthy» What is the best correction? — Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroache… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Jake's got nits, his hair's filthy» What is the best correction? Test 6 of lesson 397 «Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fleas and head lice» 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 6 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…

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«Jake's got nits, his hair's filthy» What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** nits, filthy best correction

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This is test 6 of lesson 397 «Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fleas and head lice» 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/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t6:1
# text = «Jake's got nits, his hair's filthy» What is the best correction?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	nits	nit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	filthy	filthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Jake | nits |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nit=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | Jake's hair's filthy best correction |  |  |  |  | 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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Lice only live on dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t6:o1:1
# text = Lice only live on dogs
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Lice |  |  |  |  | on dogs | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dog=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right, only dirty hair gets lice, so he should just wash it more

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t6:o2:1
# text = Right, only dirty hair gets lice, so he should just wash it more
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | dirty hair | lice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wash** | should | hair | it |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lice come from dirty pillows only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t6:o3:1
# text = Lice come from dirty pillows only
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pillows	pillow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Lice are not a sign of dirty hair; clean hair gets them too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t6:o4:1
# text = Lice are not a sign of dirty hair; clean hair gets them too
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Lice | a sign |  |  |  | of dirty hair | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | clean hair | Lice *= louse* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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