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title: «Grandad says he went white overnight when the dog bit him» What is… — Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, f… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Grandad says he went white overnight when the dog bit him» What is right? Test 3 of lesson 71 «Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 3 · Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up

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«Grandad says he went white overnight when the dog bit him» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, dog · **What happens:** say, go, bite, be · **To what, where:** Grandad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 71 «Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby to grown-up» 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/71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:t3:1
# text = «Grandad says he went white overnight when the dog bit him» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	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	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Grandad |  |  |  |  | overnight, white *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bite** *in a quote* | past | the dog | Grandad |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 4 | **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 {#o1}

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Yes, but only the hairs on the left side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only the hairs on the left side
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, a really big fright bleaches every single hair on the head at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, a really big fright bleaches every single hair on the head at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bleaches	bleach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleach** | present | a big fright | every single hair |  | the head |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

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

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Hair already grown cannot lose its colour overnight; grey comes slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:t3:o3:1
# text = Hair already grown cannot lose its colour overnight; grey comes slowly
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  | Hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **lose** | can | Hair | Hair's colour |  |  |  | overnight *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come** | present | grey |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, his hair turned black overnight instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:71-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up:t3:o4:1
# text = No, his hair turned black overnight instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | his hair |  |  |  |  | black, instead, overnight *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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