Test 9 · Sleep and dreams in people

What could a family do in the last hour before bed to help everyone sleep?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: help · To what, where: everyone sleep

This is test 9 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 help	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 help	aux
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hour	det
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hour	amod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 bed	case
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 sleep	compound
15	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present · do-support		everyone sleep					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Beneficiary

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

Drink lots of fizzy cola

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Drink	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cola	case
4	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cola	amod
5	cola	cola	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	imperative	you not said here	lots of fizzy cola					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Turn off bright screens and read a paper book in dim light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turn	compound:prt
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 screens	amod
4	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Turn	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 read	cc
6	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 book	det
8	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 book	compound
9	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 light	case
11	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 light	amod
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	imperative	you not said here	bright screens					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent screen=Patient
2	read	infinitive	you not said here	a paper book		dim light			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

Option 3

Play an exciting video game together to tire everyone out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 game	det
3	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 game	amod
4	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 game	compound
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obj
6	together	together	ADV	_	1 Play	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 tire	mark
8	tire	tire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Play	advcl
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 tire	obj
10	out	out	ADV	_	8 tire	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here	a exciting video game				together property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
2	tire out	to-infinitive	you not said here	everyone				out property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Turn on all the lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 lights	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 lights	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lights	det
5	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here			all lights			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on light=Trajectory

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