Test 2 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game
«i watch scary clips in bed every night, helps me sleep». Likely true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, me · What happens: watch, help, sleep · To what, where: scary clips, bed, me
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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 watch scary clips in bed every night, helps me sleep».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 watch | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 watch | nsubj |
| 3 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 clips | amod |
| 5 | clips | clip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 watch | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bed | case |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watch | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watch | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 helps | punct |
| 11 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 watch | conj |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 helps | obj |
| 13 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 helps | xcomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 sleep | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 watch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch in a quote | present | i | scary clips | bed | night | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clip=Theme | ||
| 2 | help in a quote | present | i not said here | me | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sleep in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Likely | likely | ADV | _ | 2 true | advmod |
| 2 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 true | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, they often cause bad dreams
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cause | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 cause | advmod |
| 5 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dreams | amod |
| 7 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cause | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present | they | bad dreams | often property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition dream=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, a bit of fear makes you tired so you sleep better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fear | case |
| 6 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bit | nmod |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 makes | obj |
| 9 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 makes | xcomp |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 sleep | advmod |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 sleep | nsubj |
| 12 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 makes | advcl |
| 13 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 sleep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a bit of fear | you | tired property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | |||
| 2 | sleep | present | you | well property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Only on a tablet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 tablet | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 tablet | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tablet | det |
| 4 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it trains your brain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 trains | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trains | nsubj |
| 4 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brain | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trains | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present | it | your brain | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Theme |
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