Test 6 · ★ · Sleep and the body clock
Kai's dad, wide awake at 3 am after Tokyo: "Jet lag's a nightmare, mate." What time does his body think it is?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jet lag, body · What happens: be, think · To what, where: nightmare · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Kai's dad, wide awake at 3 am after Tokyo: "Jet lag's a nightmare, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kai | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 awake | punct |
| 5 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 awake | amod |
| 6 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dad | amod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 3 | case |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 awake | obl |
| 9 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 Tokyo | case |
| 11 | Tokyo | Tokyo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 3 | nmod |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 nightmare | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 nightmare | punct |
| 14 | Jet | jet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lag | compound |
| 15 | lag | lag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 nightmare | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 nightmare | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 nightmare | det |
| 18 | nightmare | nightmare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 mate | punct |
| 20 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 nightmare | vocative |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 mate | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Jet lag | a nightmare | mate vocative | 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 time does his body think it is?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 think | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | aux |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 body | nmod:poss |
| 5 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 think | nsubj |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 is | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | ccomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present · do-support | Tokyo's body | time | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present | body | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
About 6 pm, Tokyo time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 6 | advmod |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 pm | nummod |
| 3 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 time | punct |
| 5 | Tokyo | Tokyo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 time | compound |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pm | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
About noon, Tokyo time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 noon | advmod |
| 2 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 time | punct |
| 4 | Tokyo | Tokyo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 noon | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
About 3 am, like London
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 3 | advmod |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 am | nummod |
| 3 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 London | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 London | case |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 am | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
About midnight, Tokyo time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 midnight | advmod |
| 2 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 time | punct |
| 4 | Tokyo | Tokyo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 midnight | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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