Test 16 · Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals

Leo says if u r not thirsty u don't need water on hot days. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, u · What happens: say, not need · To what, where: water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 of lesson 9 «Tiredness, hunger and thirst: the body's signals» 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 need	mark
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 need	nsubj
5	r	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	11 need	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 need	advmod
7	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 u	amod
8	u	u	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 need	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 need	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 need	advmod
11	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 need	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 days	case
14	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 days	amod
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 need	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not need a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	u	water			day		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, drink often on hot days before you feel thirsty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 drink	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	often	often	ADV	_	3 drink	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drink	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 feel	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 feel	nsubj
10	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drink	advcl
11	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	imperative	you not said here				day	often property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	feel	present	you					thirsty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, water makes you slower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	water	you				slow property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Option 3

Yes, thirst always comes first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 comes	advmod
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	thirst					always, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, you sweat less if you do not drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sweat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 sweat	nsubj
4	sweat	sweat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 sweat	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 drink	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 drink	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 drink	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 drink	advmod
10	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sweat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweat	present	you					less property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not drink a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	you						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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