Test 16 · ★ · Time, routines and sleep

Ivy says kids only need 6 hrs sleep like her dad. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ivy, kids · What happens: say, need · To what, where: hrs sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 hrs	nummod
7	hrs	hr	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sleep	compound
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 dad	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dad	nmod:poss
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ivy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	kids	hrs sleep				like Ivy's dad	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme

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

Yes, unless it is the weekend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 weekend	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	7 weekend	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 weekend	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weekend	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weekend	det
7	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the weekend					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, sleep is a waste of time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 waste	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waste	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 waste	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 waste	det
6	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 time	case
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waste	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	sleep	a waste			time		tree rules

Option 3

Yes, everyone needs exactly the same amount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 amount	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 amount	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 amount	amod
8	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	everyone	the same amount					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot amount=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, children need about 9 to 12 hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 9	advmod
6	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 hours	nummod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 12	case
8	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 9	nmod
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	children				hour		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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