Test 5 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…
A child is afraid to go to sleep after hearing that Grandma «went to sleep and didn't wake up». What should an adult explain?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, Grandma, adult · What happens: be, go, hear, sleep, not wake up, explain · To what, where: sleep
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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
Sentence 1: A child is afraid to go to sleep after hearing that Grandma «went to sleep and didn't wake up».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 afraid | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 afraid | cop |
| 4 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 afraid | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 sleep | case |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 hearing | mark |
| 10 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 go | advcl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 went | mark |
| 12 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 went | nsubj |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 went | punct |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 afraid | advcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 sleep | mark |
| 16 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 went | xcomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 wake | cc |
| 18 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 wake | aux |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 wake | advmod |
| 20 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 went | conj |
| 21 | up | up | ADP | _ | 20 wake | compound:prt |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 wake | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 afraid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a child | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | a child not said here | sleep | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | hear | gerund | a child not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | go in a quote | past | Grandma | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | sleep in a quote | to-infinitive | Grandma not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | not wake up in a quote | past · do-support | Grandma not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What should an adult explain?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 explain | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 explain | aux |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 adult | det |
| 4 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 explain | nsubj |
| 5 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | should | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nobody knows what happened to Grandma
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Grandma | case |
| 6 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | Grandma | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Grandma is still sleeping somewhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleeping | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sleeping | aux |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 sleeping | advmod |
| 4 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 sleeping | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present · progressive | Grandma | still | somewhere property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Grandma died because her body stopped working; sleeping is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 died | nsubj |
| 2 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 stopped | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 body | nmod:poss |
| 5 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stopped | nsubj |
| 6 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 died | advcl |
| 7 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stopped | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 sleeping | punct |
| 9 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 safe | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 safe | cop |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | Grandma | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | stop | past | Grandma's body | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | work | gerund | Grandma's body not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | sleep | gerund | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is | present | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
Sleeping is dangerous, but only for very old people like Grandma
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 people | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 people | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 people | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 old | advmod |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 people | amod |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dangerous | obl |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 Grandma | case |
| 12 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 people | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sleeping | for old people like Grandma; dangerous property | tree rules |
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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