--- title: Mouse, mice. A louse is a tiny insect that can live in hair. Using t… — Plurals that make no sense: mice, shee… · tree and pragmatics description: Mouse, mice. A louse is a tiny insect that can live in hair. Using the same old pattern, what is its plural? 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Using the same old pattern, what is its plural? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** louse, tiny insect · **What happens:** be, live, use · **To what, where:** tiny insect, hair, same old pattern This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese» of the language 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/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mouse, mice. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:1 # text = Mouse, mice. 1 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* A louse is a tiny insect that can live in hair. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:2 # text = A louse is a tiny insect that can live in hair. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 louse louse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 insect insect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a louse | a tiny insect | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | can | a tiny insect | | | hair | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hair=Location | *Sentence 3:* Using the same old pattern, what is its plural? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:3 # text = Using the same old pattern, what is its plural? 1 Using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 plural plural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | the same old pattern | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | plural *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} louses ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:o1:1 # text = louses 1 louses louse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **louse** | present | | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} leese ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:o2:1 # text = leese 1 leese leese NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} lice ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:o3:1 # text = lice 1 lice louse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} lousen ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t10:o4:1 # text = lousen 1 lousen lousen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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