Exam question 4 · Sleep for growing and for playing well

Ascertain the principal reason for which caffeinated beverages are inadvisable in the evening.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, caffeinated beverages · What happens: ascertain, be · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 inadvisable	obl
7	caffeinated	caffeinated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beverages	amod
8	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 inadvisable	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 inadvisable	cop
10	inadvisable	inadvisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 evening	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 evening	det
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inadvisable	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	is	present	caffeinated beverages				evening	for the principal reason; inadvisable 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 · ← Mova's choice

Caffeine has no effect after one minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 minute	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 minute	nummod
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Caffeine	no effect			after one minute		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 2

Caffeine replaces the need for sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	nsubj
2	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 need	det
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 replaces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	present	Caffeine	the need				for sleep	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme need=Co-Theme

Option 3

Caffeine induces immediate drowsiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drowsiness	amod
4	drowsiness	drowsiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	Caffeine	immediate drowsiness					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drowsiness=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Caffeine suppresses sleepiness for several hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suppresses	nsubj
2	suppresses	suppress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleepiness	sleepiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suppresses	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 hours	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hours	amod
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 suppresses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppress	present	Caffeine	sleepiness			hour		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleepiness=Patient

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