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title: everyone's sayin Lily got nits cos her family's filthy, should i tel… — Washing your body and caring for your… · tree and pragmatics
description: everyone's sayin Lily got nits cos her family's filthy, should i tell people Test 19 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 19 · ★ · Washing your body and caring for your hair

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everyone's sayin Lily got nits cos her family's filthy, should i tell people

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sayin, i · **What happens:** get, tell · **To what, where:** nits, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 76 «Washing your body and caring for your hair» 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/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t19:1
# text = everyone's sayin Lily got nits cos her family's filthy, should i tell people
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sayin	sayin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nits	nit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	filthy	filthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | everyone's sayin | nits |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nit=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | i |  | people |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only to her best friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only to her best friends
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, everyone needs to know they are dirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, everyone needs to know they are dirty
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | dirty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's unkind and untrue; anyone can get lice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t19:o3:1
# text = No, it's unkind and untrue; anyone can get lice
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	lice	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | can | anyone | lice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer louse=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and tell people to stay away from her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, and tell people to stay away from her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | people |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from her *= she*; away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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