Exam question 1 · Sleep, exercise and growing up

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the functions of sleep.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, functions

This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Sleep, exercise and growing up» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 functions	det
13	functions	function	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 sleep	case
15	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 functions	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the functions of sleep		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus function=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Growth occurs solely during waking hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
4	during	during	ADP	_	5 waking	mark
5	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 occurs	advcl
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Growth					solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wake	gerund	Growth not said here				hour		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The body repairs itself and the brain consolidates learning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repairs	nsubj
3	repairs	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 repairs	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 consolidates	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brain	det
7	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consolidates	nsubj
8	consolidates	consolidate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 repairs	conj
9	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consolidates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	present	the body	body					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient
2	consolidate	present	the brain	learning					vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent learning=Patient

Option 3

Memory is erased during sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 erased	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 erased	aux:pass
3	erased	erase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	during	during	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 erased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erase	present · passive		Memory			during sleep		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source

Option 4

The body ceases all activity until waking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 activity	det
5	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 waking	mark
7	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 ceases	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the body	all activity					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality activity=Eventuality
2	wake	gerund	the body not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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