Test 2 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

«What if I just... die in my sleep, deadass,» whispers a boy in New York (deadass = seriously). What's true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, my · What happens: die, whisper, sleep, be · To what, where: sleep · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» of the religion ethics 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: «What if I just... die in my sleep, deadass,» whispers a boy in New York (deadass = seriously).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 die	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 die	obj
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 die	mark
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 die	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 die	advmod
6	...	...	PUNCT	_	5 just	punct
7	die	die	VERB	Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 whispers	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sleep	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sleep	nmod:poss
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 die	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 deadass	punct
12	deadass	deadass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sleep	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 die	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 die	punct
15	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 whispers	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 York	case
19	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 York	flat
20	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 boy	nmod
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 deadass	punct
22	deadass	deadass	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 York	appos
23	=	=	SYM	_	24 seriously	punct
24	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	22 deadass	advmod
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	24 seriously	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	die a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	a boy = boy	my sleep and deadass	tree rules
2	whisper speech: assert	present	a boy		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sleep in a quote		my		nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	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

Only if he sleeps on his front instead of lying on his back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 sleeps	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 sleeps	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleeps	nsubj
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 front	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 front	nmod:poss
7	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sleeps	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 lying	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sleeps	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 back	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 back	nmod:poss
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	he			his front			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lie	gerund	he not said here			his back			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

Option 2

Sleeping with the light on all night is the thing that stops it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 thing	csubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 light	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 night	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 stops	nsubj
12	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thing	acl:relcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund			night	with the light	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Sleeping	the thing			tree rules
3	stop	present	the thing	thing			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 3

It happens to lots and lots of kids every single night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 lots	case
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happens	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lots	cc
6	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lots	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 kids	case
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lots	nmod
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happens	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	It				night	to lots and lots of kids	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

For healthy kids that's extremely rare; sleep is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 kids	case
2	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kids	amod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rare	obl
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 rare	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rare	cop
6	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	7 rare	advmod
7	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 safe	punct
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 safe	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rare	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					for healthy kids; extremely, rare property	tree rules
2	is	present	sleep					safe property	tree rules

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