Test 2 · ★ · Sleep and the body clock
Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on her feet" at school. What does that mean, and why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lexi, that · What happens: play, be, mean · To what, where: tablet, feet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on her feet" at school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexi | Lexi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 plays | nsubj |
| 2 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 tablet | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 tablet | nmod:poss |
| 5 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plays | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bed | case |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plays | obl |
| 8 | till | till | ADP | _ | 9 half | case |
| 9 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 2 plays | obl |
| 10 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 half | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 dead | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 dead | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 dead | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 dead | cop |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 dead | punct |
| 16 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 plays | parataxis |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 feet | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 feet | nmod:poss |
| 19 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 dead | obl |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 dead | punct |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 school | case |
| 22 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plays | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 plays | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | Lexi | Lexi's tablet | till half | in bed; at school | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Lexi | Lexi's feet | then | dead 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: What does that mean, and why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 why | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 why | cc |
| 7 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 mean | parataxis |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | that | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Very bored: school is dull after games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 bored | advmod |
| 2 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 school | amod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 bored | punct |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dull | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dull | cop |
| 6 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 games | case |
| 8 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bored school | after games | dull property | tree rules |
Option 2
Very cold: she forgot her coat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 cold | advmod |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 forgot | advcl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgot | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 forgot | nsubj |
| 5 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 coat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forgot | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | she | her coat | tree rules |
Option 3
Very ill: tablets give you a fever if you use them in bed at night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 ill | advmod |
| 2 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tablets | amod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 tablets | punct |
| 4 | tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | nsubj |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 give | iobj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fever | det |
| 8 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 use | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 use | nsubj |
| 11 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 give | advcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 use | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 bed | case |
| 14 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 use | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | ill tablets | a fever | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient fever=Theme | |||
| 2 | use a condition, not said to happen | present | you | tablets = tablet | bed | night | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Very tired: too little sleep, and the screen delayed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 tired | advmod |
| 2 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 sleep | punct |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 little | advmod |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sleep | amod |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tired | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 delayed | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 delayed | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 screen | det |
| 10 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 delayed | nsubj |
| 11 | delayed | delay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 tired | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 delayed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delay | past | the screen | sleep | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent it=Source |
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