Test 8 · ★★ · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm…
Lily goes, "the planet's literally ending, it's so over." ("It's so over" means there's no hope.) What helps more than lying awake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, planet, hope · What happens: go, end, be, mean, help, lie · To what, where: more · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» of the reflection 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: Lily goes, "the planet's literally ending, it's so over."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ending | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 ending | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 planet | det |
| 6 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ending | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 planet | case |
| 8 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 9 ending | advmod |
| 9 | ending | end | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 goes | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 over | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 over | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 over | cop |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 over | advmod |
| 14 | over | over | ADV | _ | 2 goes | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Lily | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | end in a quote | gerund | the planet | literally property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | planet | over 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: ("It's so over" means there's no hope.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 over | punct |
| 3 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 over | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 over | cop |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 over | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADV | _ | 8 means | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 over | punct |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 's | expl |
| 10 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 means | ccomp |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 hope | det |
| 12 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 's | nsubj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 14 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | planet | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | be | present | no hope | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: What helps more than lying awake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 helps | obj |
| 4 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 5 lying | mark |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 more | advcl |
| 6 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lying | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | more | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | awake property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Small useful things, like an eco club
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 things | amod |
| 2 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 things | amod |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 things | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 club | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 club | det |
| 7 | eco | eco | X | _ | 8 club | compound |
| 8 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 things | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Staying awake every night until she solves it herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 solves | csubj |
| 2 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Staying | xcomp |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 night | det |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 solves | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 solves | nsubj |
| 7 | solves | solve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 solves | obj |
| 9 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 solves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | night | awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | solve | present | she | it | herself = she obl | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
Reading more scary news every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 scary | advmod |
| 3 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 news | amod |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reading | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reading | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | scary news | night | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Topic |
Option 4
Deciding nothing anyone does matters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deciding | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 does | csubj |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Deciding | obj |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 nothing | flat |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | matters | matter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 does | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | gerund | nothing | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | present | Deciding | matters | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality |
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