--- title: Which of the following most accurately characterises head lice? — Washing your body and caring for your… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately characterises head lice? Exam question 2 of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Washing your body and caring for your…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Washing your body and caring for your hair Which of the following most accurately characterises head lice? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** head lice This is exam question 2 of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e2:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately characterises head lice? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 lice louse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | head lice | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} They appear only on persons who never wash ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e2:o1:1 # text = They appear only on persons who never wash 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 wash wash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | They | | | | | on persons | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on person=Location | | 2 | **not** **wash** | present | persons | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are caused by eating too many sweets ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e2:o2:1 # text = They are caused by eating too many sweets 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | many sweets | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They spread from head to head and are not a sign of being dirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e2:o3:1 # text = They spread from head to head and are not a sign of being dirty 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 14 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | They | | | head | | to head | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | They *not said here* | a sign | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | gerund | a sign *not said here* | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are present only in the hair of adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:e2:o4:1 # text = They are present only in the hair of adults 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | the hair of adults | | present *property* | tree rules | **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. 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