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Test 4 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Mum on the phone, after the sleepover: "Freya's fine, just a bit shaky, she didn't sleep a wink after that film." What does "didn't sleep a wink" mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Freya · What happens: be, not sleep, mean · To what, where: bit, wink · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» of the adult life 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Mum on the phone, after the sleepover: "Freya's fine, just a bit shaky, she didn't sleep a wink after that film."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleepover	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sleepover	punct
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 sleepover	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sleepover	det
8	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 fine	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 fine	punct
11	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 fine	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fine	cop
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sleepover	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 shaky	punct
15	just	just	ADV	_	18 shaky	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bit	det
17	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shaky	obl:unmarked
18	shaky	shaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fine	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 sleep	punct
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 sleep	nsubj
21	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 sleep	aux
22	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 sleep	advmod
23	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 fine	conj
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 wink	det
25	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sleep	obj
26	after	after	ADP	_	28 film	case
27	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	28 film	det
28	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sleep	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 sleepover	punct
30	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 sleepover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Freya					fine property	tree rules
2	be in a quote		Freya not said here	a bit					tree rules
3	not sleep in a quote	past · do-support	Freya	a wink			after that film		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wink=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.

Sentence 2: What does "didn't sleep a wink" mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 sleep	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sleep	aux
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 sleep	punct
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sleep	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 sleep	advmod
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 mean	nsubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wink	det
8	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleep	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 wink	punct
10	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep in a quote	present · do-support		a wink					tree rules
2	mean	infinitive							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She winked at everybody she saw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 winked	nsubj
2	winked	wink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 everybody	case
4	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 winked	obl
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 everybody	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wink	past	She			everybody			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	she						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

She slept all day long instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl:unmarked
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 slept	advmod
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 slept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	She				day	instead, long property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She slept with her eyes open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slept	obl
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	She					with her eyes; open property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She hardly slept at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slept	nsubj
2	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	3 slept	advmod
3	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	She			all		hardly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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