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description: Identify the principal reason for which a shaved hair is perceived to be coarser upon regrowth. Exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Exam question 3 · Growing, skin, hair and food

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Identify the principal reason for which a shaved hair is perceived to be coarser upon regrowth.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, shave, perceive, be · **To what, where:** principal reason, shaved hair

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» of the myths 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/myths/6-growing-skin-hair-and-food/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a shaved hair is perceived to be coarser upon regrowth.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	shaved	shave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	coarser	coarse	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	regrowth	regrowth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **shave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **perceive** | present · passive |  | a shaved hair |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | upon regrowth; coarse *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Shaving increases the thickness of each hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e3:o1:1
# text = Shaving increases the thickness of each hair
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	increases	increase	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	thickness	thickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **increase** | present |  | the thickness of each hair |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer thickness=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shaving accelerates the rate of hair growth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e3:o2:1
# text = Shaving accelerates the rate of hair growth
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accelerates	accelerate	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	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accelerate** | present |  | the rate of hair growth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rate=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The severed hair possesses a blunt tip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e3:o3:1
# text = The severed hair possesses a blunt tip
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	severed	sever	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	blunt	blunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **possess** | present | the severed hair | a blunt tip |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tip=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shaving doubles the number of follicles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:e3:o4:1
# text = Shaving doubles the number of follicles
1	Shaving	shave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	doubles	double	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	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	follicles	follicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **double** | present |  | the number of follicles |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent number=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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