Test 7 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

Why does imagining a better ending to a nightmare help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: imagine · To what, where: better ending

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 imagining	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 imagining	aux
3	imagining	imagine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ending	det
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 ending	amod
6	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imagining	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 help	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 help	det
9	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 help	compound
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imagining	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 imagining	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	present · do-support		a better ending				to a nightmare help	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent ending=Theme to help=be'

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 · ✓ the right answer

Changing the ending can stop the dream coming back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ending	det
3	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	aux
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dream	det
7	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
8	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 coming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	gerund		the ending	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient
2	stop	can	Changing	the dream	tree rules
3	come back	gerund	Changing not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It teaches you to stop dreaming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 teaches	nsubj
2	teaches	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 teaches	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 teaches	xcomp
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	It	you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	dream	gerund			vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It gives the monster a reason to leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monster	det
4	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reason	det
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 reason	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	It	a reason	the monster				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent monster=Recipient reason=Theme
2	leave	to-infinitive		a reason not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It makes you stay asleep all night long without waking up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stay	xcomp
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl:unmarked
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 makes	advmod
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 waking	mark
10	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 makes	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 waking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	you	night	long property	tree rules
2	stay	infinitive	you not said here			asleep property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wake up	gerund					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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