Test 9 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game
«can't sleep after that game, what do i do». Wise advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: not sleep, do
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «can't sleep after that game, what do i do».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 sleep | punct |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sleep | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 sleep | advmod |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 game | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 game | det |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 do | obj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 11 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sleep | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sleep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sleep in a quote | can | after that game | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present · do-support | i | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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: Wise advice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 advice | amod |
| 2 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 advice | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Watch more scary clips till you're used to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 scary | advmod |
| 3 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clips | amod |
| 4 | clips | clip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Watch | obj |
| 5 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 used | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 used | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 used | aux:pass |
| 8 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Watch | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | scary clips | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clip=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | present · passive | you | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Stay awake all night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 night | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | night | awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell a grown-up and do something calm before bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grown | det |
| 3 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grown | compound |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 do | cc |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 something | amod |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a grown | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | you not said here | something | before bed | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
Option 4
Keep it secret so nobody laughs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 laughs | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 laughs | nsubj |
| 6 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | secret property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | laugh | present | nobody | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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