--- title: Why do people brush long tangled hair from the ends first? — Washing your body and caring for your… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do people brush long tangled hair from the ends first? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Washing your body and caring for your hair Why do people brush long tangled hair from the ends first? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** brush, tangle · **To what, where:** tangled hair, ends This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t8:1 # text = Why do people brush long tangled hair from the ends first? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brush brush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 tangled tangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush** | present · do-support | people | tangled hair | | | from the ends | first *property* | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent hair=Theme from end=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tangle** | participle | | | | | | long *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} It is the only way to see the knots ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t8:o1:1 # text = It is the only way to see the knots 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the only way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the knots | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knot=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The ends are the dirtiest part ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t8:o2:1 # text = The ends are the dirtiest part 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dirtiest dirty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the ends | the dirtiest part | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pulling from the top hurts and breaks the hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t8:o3:1 # text = Pulling from the top hurts and breaks the hair 1 Pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | gerund | | | | | | from the top | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from top=Co-Patient | | 2 | **hurt** | present | Pulling | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **break** | present | Pulling *not said here* | the hair | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes the hair grow longer and thicker ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:76-washing-your-body-and-hair:t8:o4:1 # text = It makes the hair grow longer and thicker 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the hair | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | the hair *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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