Test 12 · Sleep and dreams in people

«i'm gonna beat the no-sleep record, 12 days easy» What would a doctor say?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doctor · What happens: beat, say · To what, where: sleep record · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 363 «Sleep and dreams in people» 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	_	5 beat	punct
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 beat	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 beat	aux
4	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	5 beat	dep
5	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 record	det
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 sleep	det
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 no	punct
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 record	compound
10	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beat	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 easy	punct
12	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 days	nummod
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 easy	obl:unmarked
14	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beat	advcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 easy	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 say	obj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 say	aux
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 doctor	det
19	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 say	nsubj
20	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 easy	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat in a quote	present	a doctor = doctor	the sleep record					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location record=Theme
2	say speech: assert	would	a doctor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, going without sleep is dangerous and record books stopped accepting it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 dangerous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 dangerous	csubj
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stopped	cc
9	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 books	compound
10	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stopped	nsubj
11	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	conj
12	accepting	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stopped	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 accepting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	gerund			without sleep	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	going		dangerous property	tree rules
3	stop	past	record books			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	accept	gerund	record books not said here	sleep		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Fine, if you drink cola

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 drink	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 drink	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 drink	nsubj
5	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	conj
6	cola	cola	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	you	cola					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cola=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Fine, sleep is not really needed at all, it is just a habit people have got into

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 needed	punct
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 needed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 needed	advmod
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 needed	advmod
7	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fine	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 needed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 habit	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 habit	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 habit	cop
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 habit	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 habit	det
15	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fine	parataxis
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 got	nsubj
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 got	aux
18	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 habit	acl:relcl
19	into	into	ADP	_	18 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not need	present · passive		sleep	all	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
2	is a	present	sleep	a habit		tree rules
3	get	present · perfect	people	a habit not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer habit=Stimulus

Option 4

Good, it makes the brain stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 makes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brain	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	it	the brain				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material brain=Product

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