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title: apparently half the team got head lice from sharing the same helmets… — Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently half the team got head lice from sharing the same helmets. what's the true lesson? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes

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apparently half the team got head lice from sharing the same helmets. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** team · **What happens:** get, share, be · **To what, where:** head lice, same helmets, true lesson

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 252 «Heat, sports gear and mosquitoes» of the everyday 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/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t17:1
# text = apparently half the team got head lice from sharing the same helmets. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | half team | head lice |  |  |  | apparently *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus |
| 2 | **share** | gerund | half team *not said here* | the same helmets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the true lesson |  |  |  |  | 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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Never wear a helmet at all, even on a bike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t17:o1:1
# text = Never wear a helmet at all, even on a bike
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | a helmet |  | all |  | on a bike | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Helmets kill lice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t17:o2:1
# text = Helmets kill lice
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | Helmets | lice |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent louse=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lice only come from dirty kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t17:o3:1
# text = Lice only come from dirty kids
1	Lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Shared helmets are cleaned between users

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes:t17:o4:1
# text = Shared helmets are cleaned between users
1	Shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	users	user	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **clean** | present · passive |  | Shared helmets |  |  |  | between users | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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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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