Test 6 · Sleep and dreams in people

«had a nightmare about a monster under the bed, does that mean one's there?» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, one, best answer · What happens: have, mean, be · To what, where: nightmare · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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

Sentence 1: «had a nightmare about a monster under the bed, does that mean one's there?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 nightmare	det
4	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 monster	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 monster	det
7	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nightmare	nmod
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 bed	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bed	det
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 monster	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mean	punct
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mean	aux
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 mean	nsubj
14	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	conj
15	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 there	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 there	cop
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 mean	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	past		a nightmare	about a monster under the bed	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightmare=Patient
2	mean in a quote	present · do-support	that			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	one		there 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.

Sentence 2: What is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, but only on Fridays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Fridays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Fridays	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Fridays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Fridays	case
6	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Yes, dreams show what is really in the room while your eyes are shut, so check under the bed

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 room	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 room	cop
7	really	really	ADV	_	10 room	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	ccomp
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 shut	mark
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 eyes	nmod:poss
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shut	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 shut	cop
15	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 show	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 check	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 check	advmod
18	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 show	conj
19	under	under	ADP	_	21 bed	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bed	det
21	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	show	present	dreams			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		the room		tree rules
3	is	present	your eyes		shut property	tree rules
4	check	infinitive	dreams not said here	the bed		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, nightmares do not predict anything; they are the brain playing with fears

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 predict	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	nightmares	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 predict	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 predict	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 predict	advmod
6	predict	predict	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 predict	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 brain	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 brain	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 brain	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 brain	det
12	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 predict	parataxis
13	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 brain	acl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 fears	case
15	fears	fear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not predict	present · do-support	nightmares	anything		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot anything=Topic
2	is a	present	nightmares = nightmare	the brain		tree rules
3	play	gerund	the brain not said here		with fears	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fear=Theme

Option 4

No, monsters only come in the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 monsters	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 morning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	monsters				morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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