Test 9 · Sam is scared: fear is normal
«I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone». What does a dream like that usually mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, dream · What happens: have, fight, mean · To what, where: Jake, PJs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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: «I had a dream I fought Jake in my PJs in front of everyone».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dream | det |
| 5 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fought | nsubj |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 fought | nsubj |
| 7 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | ccomp |
| 8 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fought | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 PJs | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 PJs | nmod:poss |
| 11 | PJs | PJs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fought | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 front | case |
| 13 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fought | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 everyone | case |
| 15 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 front | nmod |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fight in a quote | past | a dream | Jake | my PJs | in front of everyone | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Co-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: What does a dream like that usually mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mean | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dream | det |
| 4 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 that | case |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 does | obl |
| 7 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 8 mean | advmod |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | usually property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
You need new pyjamas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pyjamas | amod |
| 4 | pyjamas | pyjama | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | You | new pyjamas | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pyjama=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Something is worrying you a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 worrying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worrying | aux |
| 3 | worrying | worry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 worrying | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lot | det |
| 6 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 worrying | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | present · progressive | Something | you | a lot obl:unmarked | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
Option 3
You really want to fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 want | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 want | advmod |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 fight | mark |
| 5 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 want | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | You | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight not said to happen | to-infinitive | You not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It's going to happen for real at school tomorrow
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 | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 happen | mark |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 going | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 real | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 happen | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happen | obl |
| 10 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happen | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | It | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen | to-infinitive | school | tomorrow | for real | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at school=Location |
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