Test 16 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

having the same nightmare every night for ages

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: have · To what, where: same nightmare

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nightmare	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nightmare	amod
4	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 having	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 having	obl:unmarked
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ages	case
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 having	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		the same nightmare			for ages; night		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightmare=Patient

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

Keep it secret, it's babyish to tell anyone about dreams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 babyish	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 babyish	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 babyish	cop
7	babyish	babyish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tell	mark
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 babyish	xcomp
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 tell	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 dreams	case
12	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it			babyish property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			anyone	about dreams	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about dream=Topic

Option 2

Eat a big meal right before bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meal	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meal	amod
4	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eat	obj
5	right	right	ADV	_	1 Eat	advmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here	a big meal			before bed	right property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a parent, talking about it can help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 talking	punct
5	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 help	csubj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 talking	obl
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 help	aux
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a parent		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	talk	gerund			about parent	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
3	help	can	talking			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Never go to bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative	you not said here			bed			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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