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title: A girl finds a nit in her hair a week after borrowing a friend's cyc… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl finds a nit in her hair a week after borrowing a friend's cycling helmet. What is the likely link? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

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A girl finds a nit in her hair a week after borrowing a friend's cycling helmet. What is the likely link?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, likely link · **What happens:** find, borrow, be · **To what, where:** nit, hair, cycling helmet

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl finds a nit in her hair a week after borrowing a friend's cycling helmet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t4:1
# text = A girl finds a nit in her hair a week after borrowing a friend's cycling helmet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nit	nit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	borrowing	borrow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	cycling	cycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a girl | a nit |  | girl's hair | week |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nit=Topic |
| 2 | **borrow** | gerund | a girl *not said here* | a friend's cycling helmet |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |

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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:* What is the likely link?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t4:2
# text = What is the likely link?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the likely link |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Head lice can spread through shared helmets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t4:o1:1
# text = Head lice can spread through shared helmets
1	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | can | Head lice |  |  | shared helmets |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through helmet=Location |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The lice came from the bike tyres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t4:o2:1
# text = The lice came from the bike tyres
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tyres	tyre	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** | past | the lice |  |  | the bike tyres |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tyre=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cycling in the wind gives you lice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t4:o3:1
# text = Cycling in the wind gives you lice
1	Cycling	cycle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cycle** | gerund |  |  |  | the wind |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | Cycling | lice | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient louse=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Helmets make lice grow from sweat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t4:o4:1
# text = Helmets make lice grow from sweat
1	Helmets	helmet	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	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Helmets | lice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | lice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from sweat | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from sweat=Patient |

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