Test 9 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grandad. What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, going, truth · What happens: worry, go, make, die, be · To what, where: sleep, girl

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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: A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grandad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worries	nsubj
3	worries	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 make	mark
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 make	csubj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 sleep	case
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 worries	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 grandad	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 grandad	nmod:poss
14	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 die	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	worry	present	a girl				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	go	gerund			sleep		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location
3	make	could	going	girl			tree rules
4	die	infinitive	girl not said here			like girl's grandad	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 is the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Sleeping too long can make your body stop and die, so it is risky

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 make	csubj
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 long	advmod
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Sleeping	advmod
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 body	nmod:poss
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 die	cc
10	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stop	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 risky	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 risky	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 risky	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 risky	cop
15	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund			long property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	can	Sleeping	your body		tree rules
3	stop	infinitive	your body not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	die	infinitive	your body not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	is	present	body		risky property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She should stay awake to be safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stay	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stay	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	7 safe	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	should	She					awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	She not said here					safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Only old people die in their sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 die	nsubj
4	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sleep	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sleep	nmod:poss
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	old people					in people's sleep	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sleep=Attribute
2	sleep		people						nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Sleep is safe; death is the body stopping forever, not sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 body	punct
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 body	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 body	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safe	conj
9	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 body	acl
10	forever	forever	ADV	_	9 stopping	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sleep	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 sleep	advmod
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stopping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sleep		safe property	tree rules
2	is a	present	death	the body		tree rules
3	stop	gerund	the body not said here	sleep	forever property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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