Test 19 · Boredom, excitement and pride

my sister says if ur too excited to sleep before ur birthday u can't sleep at all n the day gets cancelled lol

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, u · What happens: say, sleep, not sleep, cancel · To what, where: all, day · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 excited	mark
5	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 excited	nmod:poss
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 excited	advmod
7	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 excited	xcomp
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 birthday	case
11	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 birthday	nmod:poss
12	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sleep	obl
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 sleep	nsubj
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 sleep	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 sleep	advmod
16	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sleep	parataxis
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 sleep	obl
19	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	23 cancelled	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cancelled	nsubj:pass
22	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 cancelled	aux:pass
23	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 all	conj
24	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my sister				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	to-infinitive	my sister not said here				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not sleep	can	u		all	before ur's birthday	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	cancel	present · passive		the day			tree rules

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

It is true, so the safest thing is to stay up all night and not even try to sleep before it

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stay	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	11 stay	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stay	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stay	cop
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stay	mark
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 true	parataxis
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 stay	compound:prt
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stay	obl:unmarked
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 try	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 try	advmod
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 try	advmod
18	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 true	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 sleep	mark
20	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 try	xcomp
21	before	before	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	is	present	the safest thing	night	stay property	tree rules
3	not try	infinitive				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	sleep not said to happen	to-infinitive		before thing		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That is not true; reading and slow breathing help, and sleeping makes the day come quicker

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 reading	punct
6	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 help	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 breathing	cc
8	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 breathing	amod
9	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reading	conj
10	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 makes	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 makes	cc
13	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 makes	nsubj
14	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 makes	obl:unmarked
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 makes	xcomp
18	quicker	quick	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	That		true property	tree rules
2	read	gerund				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	present				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	sleep	gerund				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	make	present		day		tree rules
6	come	infinitive			quick property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is true, but only for birthdays, not holidays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 birthdays	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 birthdays	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 birthdays	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 birthdays	case
8	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 holidays	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 holidays	advmod
11	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 birthdays	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules

Option 4

It is true unless you drink a fizzy drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 drink	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 drink	nsubj
6	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 drink	det
8	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drink	amod
9	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	drink a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a fizzy drink					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient

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