Exam question 2 · Sleep for growing and for playing well

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between sleep and athletic training?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 2 of lesson 56 «Sleep for growing and for playing well» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 sleep	case
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 training	cc
14	athletic	athletic	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 training	compound
15	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship and athletic training				of the following statements; between sleep; accurately property	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

Sleep is a period in which training is undone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 period	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 period	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 undone	nsubj:pass
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 training	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 training	det
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 period	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 undone	aux:pass
9	undone	undo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sleep	a period		which training			tree rules
2	undo	present · passive		a period					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sleep is the period in which the benefits of training are consolidated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 period	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 period	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 period	det
4	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 consolidated	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 benefits	det
8	benefits	benefit	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 consolidated	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 training	case
10	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 benefits	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 consolidated	aux:pass
12	consolidated	consolidate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 period	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sleep	the period					tree rules
2	consolidate	present · passive		the benefits of training		the period			vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sleep is a substitute for all training

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 substitute	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 substitute	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 substitute	det
4	substitute	substitute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 training	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 training	det
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 substitute	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sleep	a substitute				for all training	tree rules

Option 4

Sleep is of no consequence to athletic performance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 performance	case
7	athletic	athletic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 performance	amod
8	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sleep					of no consequence; to athletic performance	tree rules

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