Exam question 3 · Sleep and school mornings

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of insufficient sleep in respect of a pupil's school day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: consequences, school day

This is exam question 3 of lesson 418 «Sleep and school mornings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consequences	det
10	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 sleep	case
12	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sleep	amod
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequences	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 respect	case
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	21 day	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pupil	det
18	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 day	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 pupil	case
20	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 day	compound
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respect	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the consequences of insufficient sleep in respect of a pupil's school day	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		a pupil's school day		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Concentration and mood are impaired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impaired	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 mood	cc
3	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Concentration	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 impaired	aux:pass
5	impaired	impair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	present · passive		Concentration and mood					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

Only physical education is affected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 education	advmod
2	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 education	amod
3	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affected	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 affected	aux:pass
5	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present · passive		physical education					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

Learning is enhanced by the additional practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enhanced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 enhanced	aux:pass
3	enhanced	enhance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 practice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 practice	det
6	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enhanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enhance	present · passive	the additional practice	Learning					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

No consequences arise if the pupil is not tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequences	det
2	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arise	nsubj
3	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 tired	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tired	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tired	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 tired	advmod
9	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arise	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	present	no consequences						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is a condition, not said to happen	present	the pupil					tired property	tree rules

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