Test 3 · Sleep and dreams in people

«nan says never wake a sleepwalker, they'll die of shock» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, they, shock · What happens: not be, die, be

This is test 3 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 wake	punct
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wake	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wake	cop
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 wake	advmod
5	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sleepwalker	det
7	sleepwalker	sleepwalker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wake	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 die	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 die	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 die	aux
11	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wake	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 shock	case
13	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 die	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 shock	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shock	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	nan	wake property	tree rules
2	die in a quote	future	they	of shock	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of shock=Causer
3	is	present	shock	right property	tree rules

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

True, waking a sleepwalker gives them such a shock that it stops their heart

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 waking	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	waking	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 gives	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sleepwalker	det
5	sleepwalker	sleepwalker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waking	obj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gives	iobj
8	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 shock	det:predet
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shock	det
10	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 stops	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stops	nsubj
13	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shock	acl
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 heart	nmod:poss
15	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	wake	gerund		a sleepwalker		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sleepwalker=Patient
2	give	present	waking	such shock	them = they	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient shock=Theme
3	stop	present	shock	their heart		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality heart=Eventuality

Option 2

True, they will never sleep again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sleep	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sleep	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 sleep	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 sleep	advmod
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	future	they				again		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They should be woken with a loud bang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 woken	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 woken	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 woken	aux:pass
4	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 bang	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bang	det
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bang	amod
8	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 woken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	should · passive		They				with a loud bang	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with bang=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That is an old story; it is just confusing, so guide them gently back to bed

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 story	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 confusing	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 confusing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 confusing	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 confusing	advmod
10	confusing	confusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 guide	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 guide	advmod
13	guide	guide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 confusing	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 guide	obj
15	gently	gently	ADV	_	13 guide	advmod
16	back	back	ADV	_	13 guide	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 bed	case
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 guide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a old story			tree rules
2	is	present	story			confusing property	tree rules
3	guide back	infinitive		them = they	bed	gently property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to bed=Destination

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