--- title: A girl has her grandmother's curly hair. How is this possible? — The human life cycle and growing up · tree and pragmatics description: A girl has her grandmother's curly hair. How is this possible? Test 4 of lesson 92 «The human life cycle and growing up» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/92-human-life-cycle/t4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The human life cycle and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/92-human-life-cycle/) / t4 # Test 4 · The human life cycle and growing up A girl has her grandmother's curly hair. How is this possible? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, this · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** curly hair This is test 4 of lesson 92 «The human life cycle and growing up» of the world 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/world/92-human-life-cycle/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl has her grandmother's curly hair. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:92-human-life-cycle:t4:1 # text = A girl has her grandmother's curly hair. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 curly curly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a girl | girl's grandmother's curly hair | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* How is this possible? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:92-human-life-cycle:t4:2 # text = How is this possible? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She chose curly hair as a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:92-human-life-cycle:t4:o1:1 # text = She chose curly hair as a baby 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 curly curly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | She | curly hair | | | | as a baby | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Her hair copied her grandmother's ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:92-human-life-cycle:t4:o2:1 # text = Her hair copied her grandmother's 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 copied copy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | past | Her hair | hair's grandmother | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandmother=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She ate the same food as her grandmother ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:92-human-life-cycle:t4:o3:1 # text = She ate the same food as her grandmother 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | She | the same food | | | | as her grandmother | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Genes passed down through her parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:92-human-life-cycle:t4:o4:1 # text = Genes passed down through her parents 1 Genes gene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass down** | participle · passive | | Genes | | | | through her parents | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through parent=Destination | **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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