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title: In a horror film, a body in a coffin has long new fingernails after… — Growing, skin, hair and food · tree and pragmatics
description: In a horror film, a body in a coffin has long new fingernails after a year. What's really going on? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Growing, skin, hair and food

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In a horror film, a body in a coffin has long new fingernails after a year. What's really going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** body · **What happens:** have, go on · **To what, where:** long new fingernails, horror film

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» of the myths 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/myths/6-growing-skin-hair-and-food/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a horror film, a body in a coffin has long new fingernails after a year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:t5:1
# text = In a horror film, a body in a coffin has long new fingernails after a year.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fingernails	fingernail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a body in a coffin | long new fingernails |  | a horror film | after a year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fingernail=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's really going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:t5:2
# text = What's really going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nails really do grow faster after death, for weeks and weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:t5:o1:1
# text = Nails really do grow faster after death, for weeks and weeks
1	Nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · do-support | Nails |  |  |  | after death; week | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The coffin air made them grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:t5:o2:1
# text = The coffin air made them grow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the coffin air | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The skin shrank back, so the nails only look longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:t5:o3:1
# text = The skin shrank back, so the nails only look longer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shrank	shrink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrink back** | past | the skin |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | present | the nails |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The film is right, nails grow for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:6-growing-skin-hair-and-food:t5:o4:1
# text = The film is right, nails grow for years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the film |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | nails |  |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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