Test 7 · ★★★ · The brain and nerves
Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben · What happens: sleep, forget, know, test · To what, where: words
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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: Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 slept | nsubj |
| 2 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 slept | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 test | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 test | nmod:poss |
| 6 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 test | compound |
| 7 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slept | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 forgot | cc |
| 9 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 slept | conj |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 forgot | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 knew | nsubj |
| 12 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 words | acl:relcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 slept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past | Ben | before Ben's spelling test | badly property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | forget | past | Ben not said here | words | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know | past | Ben | words not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | test | Ben | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Spelling is stored in the stomach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stored | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stored | aux:pass |
| 3 | stored | store | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 stomach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stomach | det |
| 6 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | present · passive | Spelling | the stomach | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in stomach=Location |
Option 2
Sleep makes the brain smaller so words fit better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brain | det |
| 4 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 fit | advmod |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fit | nsubj |
| 8 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | advcl |
| 9 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 fit | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Sleep | the brain | small property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset brain=Product | |||
| 2 | fit | present | words | good property | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Sleep helps the brain sort and store memories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sort | det |
| 4 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sort | compound |
| 5 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 memories | cc |
| 7 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 memories | compound |
| 8 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sort | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Sleep | the brain sort and store memories | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Words fall out of the ears at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fall | nsubj |
| 2 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 ears | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ears | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ears | det |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fall | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Words | the ears | night | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out ear=Location |
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