Test 9 · Sleep for growing and for playing well
Thabo: «Ag, sleep is for the weak, bru» («bru» is South African for bro). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Thabo sleep, bru · What happens: be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 56 «Sleep for growing and for playing well» 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: Thabo: «Ag, sleep is for the weak, bru» («bru» is South African for bro).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thabo | Thabo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sleep | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ag | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ag | punct |
| 4 | Ag | Ag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Thabo | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thabo | punct |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 weak | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 weak | cop |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 weak | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 weak | det |
| 10 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bru | punct |
| 12 | bru | bru | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 weak | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 bru | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 20 African | punct |
| 15 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 bru | punct |
| 16 | bru | bru | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 African | nsubj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 bru | punct |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 African | cop |
| 19 | South | south | ADV | _ | 20 African | advmod |
| 20 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 weak | parataxis |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 bro | case |
| 22 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 African | vocative |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 20 African | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 weak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Thabo sleep | weak property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | bru | bro vocative; african, south 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.
Sentence 2: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 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 | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tough players need their sleep too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tough | tough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 players | amod |
| 2 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sleep | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 need | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Tough players | players's sleep | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | players = player | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Sleep makes ankles weaker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ankles | ankle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Sleep | ankles | weak property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ankle=Product |
Option 3
Only goalkeepers need sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 goalkeepers | advmod |
| 2 | goalkeepers | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | goalkeepers | sleep | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme |
Option 4
Weak players are the ones who need less sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 players | amod |
| 2 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ones | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ones | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ones | det |
| 5 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 need | nsubj |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ones | acl:relcl |
| 8 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 sleep | amod |
| 9 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Weak players | the ones | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | the ones | less sleep | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme |
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