Test 4 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

«gonna cram all night before the test, sleep's for losers» What would help more?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: losers · What happens: help

This is test 4 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» of the biology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 cram	punct
2	gonna	gonna	X	_	3 cram	compound
3	cram	cram	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cram	nmod:unmarked
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 test	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 test	det
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cram	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 losers	punct
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 losers	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 sleep	case
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 losers	case
13	losers	loser	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cram	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 losers	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 help	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 help	aux
17	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 losers	acl:relcl
18	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 help	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 cram	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would	sleep's losers						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1

Staying awake all night, because sleep wipes out new memories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wipes	csubj
2	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Staying	xcomp
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Staying	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wipes	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 wipes	mark
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wipes	nsubj
8	wipes	wipe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 wipes	compound:prt
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 memories	amod
11	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wipes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	gerund					night	awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wipe out	present	sleep	new memories					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Spreading practice over days and sleeping, since sleep fixes memories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spreading	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fixes	csubj
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spreading	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	4 days	case
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spreading	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sleeping	cc
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 days	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Spreading	punct
8	since	since	ADP	_	9 sleep	case
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spreading	obl
10	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fixes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	gerund		practice			since sleep; day		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location practice=Theme
2	fix	present	Spreading	memories					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent memory=Patient

Option 3

Eating sweets during the test

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eating	obj
3	during	during	ADP	_	5 test	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 test	det
5	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		sweets			during the test		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient

Option 4

Reading the book only once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reading	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 once	advmod
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Reading	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		the book				once property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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