Test 8 · ★ · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids
Freya buzzes for half an hour then flops «like a wet sock». What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Freya · What happens: buzz, flop, happen · To what, where: wet sock
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine 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: Freya buzzes for half an hour then flops «like a wet sock».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 buzzes | nsubj |
| 2 | buzzes | buzz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 hour | case |
| 4 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 6 hour | det:predet |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hour | det |
| 6 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buzzes | obl |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 flops | advmod |
| 8 | flops | flop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 buzzes | advcl |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 sock | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 sock | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sock | det |
| 12 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sock | amod |
| 13 | sock | sock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flops | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 sock | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 buzzes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buzz | present | Freya | hour | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | flop | present | Freya not said here | a wet sock | then | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sock=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 happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She caught a cold on the court
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 | 2 caught | nsubj |
| 2 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cold | det |
| 4 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caught | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 court | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 court | det |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | She | a cold | the court | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The caffeine and sugar lift faded into a crash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caffeine | det |
| 2 | caffeine | caffeine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sugar | cc |
| 4 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 caffeine | conj |
| 5 | lift | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 faded | aux:pass |
| 6 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 crash | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 crash | det |
| 9 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fade | present · passive | the caffeine and sugar | a crash | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The drink gave her real lasting energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 drink | det |
| 2 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 energy | amod |
| 6 | lasting | lasting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 energy | amod |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the drink | real lasting energy | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient energy=Theme |
Option 4
She got too much sleep
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 | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sleep | amod |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | much sleep | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus |
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