Exam question 3 · Sleep and dreams in people

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the awakening of a person who is sleepwalking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, person · What happens: select, establish, concern, sleepwalk, awaken · To what, where: response, awakening

This is exam question 3 of lesson 363 «Sleep and dreams in people» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 awakening	det
11	awakening	awakening	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 person	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 awakening	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 sleepwalking	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sleepwalking	aux
17	sleepwalking	sleepwalk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 person	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the awakening of a person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus awakening=Experiencer
4	sleepwalk	present · progressive	a person			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	awaken		a person			nom awakening «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is not dangerous, merely confusing, and gentle guidance to bed is preferable

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 confusing	punct
6	merely	merely	ADV	_	7 confusing	advmod
7	confusing	confusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dangerous	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 preferable	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 preferable	cc
10	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 guidance	amod
11	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 preferable	nsubj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 bed	case
13	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guidance	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 preferable	cop
15	preferable	preferable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dangerous	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It	dangerous property	tree rules
2	be			merely property	tree rules
3	is	present	gentle guidance to bed	preferable property	tree rules

Option 2

It causes permanent loss of memory

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 loss	amod
4	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 memory	case
6	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	permanent loss of memory					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition loss=Patient

Option 3

It is invariably fatal to the sleepwalker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fatal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fatal	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 fatal	advmod
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sleepwalker	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sleepwalker	det
7	sleepwalker	sleepwalker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fatal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the sleepwalker; fatal, invariably property	tree rules

Option 4

It is required by law that the sleepwalker be left undisturbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 left	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sleepwalker	det
8	sleepwalker	sleepwalker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	nsubj:pass
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 left	aux:pass
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 required	advcl
11	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	law	It					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition
2	leave	infinitive · passive		the sleepwalker				undisturbed property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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