Test 2 · ★ · Time, routines and sleep

Which statement is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement · What happens: be

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which statement					true property	tree rules

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

Children usually need more sleep than adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 sleep	amod
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 adults	case
7	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Children	more sleep				than adults; usually property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme

Option 2

Children need less sleep because they are small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 sleep	amod
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 small	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 small	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 small	cop
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 need	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Children	less sleep					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme
2	is	present	Children = child					small property	tree rules

Option 3

Sleep is a waste of time for the brain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waste	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waste	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 waste	det
4	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 time	case
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waste	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 brain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brain	det
9	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	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 4

Everyone needs exactly 8 hours, at any age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 8	advmod
4	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 hours	nummod
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needs	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 age	punct
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 age	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 age	det
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obl

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

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