Test 6 · Sleep and school mornings
Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me». What helped her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Ruby · What happens: keep, dream, chase, help · To what, where: me, Ruby
This is test 6 of lesson 418 «Sleep and school mornings» 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: Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 chased | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ruby | conj |
| 6 | dreaming | dream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keep | xcomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 game | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dreaming | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 chased | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 pickaxe | det |
| 12 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pickaxe | amod |
| 13 | pickaxe | pickaxe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chased | nsubj |
| 14 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 chased | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 chased | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 chased | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | dream in a quote | gerund | I not said here | about the game | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about game=Topic | ||||
| 3 | chase in a quote | past | Ruby | me | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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.
Sentence 2: What helped her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helped | nsubj |
| 2 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 helped | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | Ruby | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stopping games an hour before bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stopping | obj |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hour | det |
| 4 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stopping | obj |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 bed | case |
| 6 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stopping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | gerund | games | before bed; hour | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality |
Option 2
Turning the game music up louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 music | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 music | compound |
| 4 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turning | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 Turning | advmod |
| 6 | louder | loud | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Turning | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | the game music | loud property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
Option 3
Playing the game just before sleeping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 sleeping | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Playing | obj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 sleeping | advmod |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 sleeping | mark |
| 6 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | the game | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sleep | gerund | Playing | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Sleeping with the tablet on her pillow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 tablet | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tablet | det |
| 4 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleeping | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 pillow | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 pillow | nmod:poss |
| 7 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | gerund | her pillow | with the tablet | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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