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title: Three friends put their heads together over one phone. Why might lic… — Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroache… · tree and pragmatics
description: Three friends put their heads together over one phone. Why might lice spread? Test 7 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;
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# Test 7 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…

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Three friends put their heads together over one phone. Why might lice spread?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Three friends, lice · **What happens:** put, spread · **To what, where:** heads, one phone

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Three friends put their heads together over one phone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t7:1
# text = Three friends put their heads together over one phone.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Three friends | friends's heads |  | one phone |  | together *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme over phone=Destination |

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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:* Why might lice spread?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t7:2
# text = Why might lice spread?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | might | lice |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lice jump across from the phone screen onto anyone holding it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t7:o1:1
# text = Lice jump across from the phone screen onto anyone holding it
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present | Lice |  |  | the phone screen |  | onto anyone; across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from screen=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund |  | screen |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lice fly between the screens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t7:o2:1
# text = Lice fly between the screens
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | Lice |  |  | the screens |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between screen=Location |

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

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Lice crawl from hair to hair when heads touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t7:o3:1
# text = Lice crawl from hair to hair when heads touch
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawl	crawl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | present | Lice |  |  | hair |  | to hair | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hair=Destination |
| 2 | **touch** | present | heads |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Phones make lice grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice:t7:o4:1
# text = Phones make lice grow
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Phones | lice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | lice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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