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Test 1 · ★ · Sleep and the body clock

Ollie: "I'm 10, I only need 6 hours' kip like Dad." ("Kip" means sleep.) Mum: "Not a chance, sunshine." Why is Mum right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Kip, Mum · What happens: be, need, mean · To what, where: 10, hours kip, sleep

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 127 «Sleep and the body clock» of the world 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: Ollie: "I'm 10, I only need 6 hours' kip like Dad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 need	vocative
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 10	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 10	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 10	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 10	cop
6	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Ollie	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ollie	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 need	advmod
10	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 hours	nummod
12	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 kip	compound
13	'	's	PART	_	12 hours	case
14	kip	kip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj
15	like	like	ADP	_	16 Dad	case
16	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 kip	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	I	10					tree rules
2	need in a quote	present	I	hours kip				like Dad; Ollie vocative	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kip=Theme

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: ("Kip" means sleep.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Kip	punct
3	Kip	kip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Kip	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Kip	sleep					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Topic

Sentence 3: Mum: "Not a chance, sunshine."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chance	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 chance	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 chance	punct
4	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 chance	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chance	det
6	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sunshine	punct
8	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chance	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 chance	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 chance	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: Why is Mum right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 right	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
4	right	right	ADV	_	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Children need exactly 6 hours, just the same as adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 6	advmod
4	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 hours	nummod
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 same	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 same	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 same	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 need	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 adults	case
11	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 same	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Children				hour		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Adults actually need a lot more sleep than children do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sleep	compound
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 sleep	amod
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 children	case
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sleep	nmod
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 need	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Adults	lot more sleep				than children; actually property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme
2	do	present	Adults not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Children need 6 hours on school nights, more at weekends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 hours	nummod
4	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 nights	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nights	compound
7	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 more	punct
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 need	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 weekends	case
11	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Children	more			hour; night		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Children need about 9 to 12 hours, more than adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 9	advmod
4	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 hours	nummod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 12	case
6	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 9	nmod
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 more	punct
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 need	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 adults	case
11	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Children	more			hour		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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