--- title: «why do i keep yawning, I'm not even tired, I just read about yawnin… — Sleep and dreams in people · tree and pragmatics description: «why do i keep yawning, I'm not even tired, I just read about yawning» What is true? Test 11 of lesson 363 «Sleep and dreams in people» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Sleep and dreams in people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people/) / t11 # Test 11 · Sleep and dreams in people «why do i keep yawning, I'm not even tired, I just read about yawning» What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** keep, yawn, not be, read, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 363 «Sleep and dreams in people» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t11:1 # text = «why do i keep yawning, I'm not even tired, I just read about yawning» What is true? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 6 yawning yawn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 yawning yawn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 20 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · do-support | i | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **yawn** *in a quote* | gerund | i *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **read** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **yawn** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} You are short of food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t11:o1:1 # text = You are short of food 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | of food; short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yawning only ever happens when you are very, very tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t11:o2:1 # text = Yawning only ever happens when you are very, very tired 1 Yawning yawn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 advmod _ _ 4 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yawn** | gerund | | | | | ever | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **happen** | present | Yawning | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | you | | | | | very *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yawns are catching, and even reading about them can start one ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t11:o3:1 # text = Yawns are catching, and even reading about them can start one 1 Yawns yawn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 catching catch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 nsubj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present · progressive | Yawns | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **read** | gerund | | | | | | about Yawns *= yawn* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | | 3 | **start** | can | | one | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yawning means you are ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t11:o4:1 # text = Yawning means you are ill 1 Yawning yawning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Yawning | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | **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. 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