--- title: my sis says cutting hair makes it grow back thicker — Hair, nails and ears · tree and pragmatics description: my sis says cutting hair makes it grow back thicker Test 11 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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/77-hair-nails-and-ears/t11/) [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/) / [Hair, nails and ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears my sis says cutting hair makes it grow back thicker **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sis, cutting, hair · **What happens:** say, cut, make, grow back · **To what, where:** hair · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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/77-hair-nails-and-ears/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t11:1 # text = my sis says cutting hair makes it grow back thicker 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sis sis NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 5 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sis | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cut** | gerund | | hair | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product | | 3 | **make** | present | cutting | hair | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grow back** | infinitive | hair *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yes, but only if it's cut very short ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, but only if it's cut very short 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 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | present · passive | | it | | | | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it also makes hair grow loads faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, it also makes hair grow loads faster 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | it | hair | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | hair *not said here* | loads | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it grows back thicker each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, it grows back thicker each time 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow back** | present | it | | | | time | thick *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, cutting does not change how hair grows ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:77-hair-nails-and-ears:t11:o4:1 # text = No, cutting does not change how hair grows 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **change** | present · do-support | cutting | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | hair | | | | | | 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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