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title: What could a family do in the last hour before bed to help everyone… — Sleep and dreams in people · tree and pragmatics
description: What could a family do in the last hour before bed to help everyone sleep? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Sleep and dreams in people

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What could a family do in the last hour before bed to help everyone sleep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** everyone sleep

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t9:1
# text = What could a family do in the last hour before bed to help everyone sleep?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	compound	_	_
15	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present · do-support |  | everyone sleep |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Beneficiary |

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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}

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Drink lots of fizzy cola

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t9:o1:1
# text = Drink lots of fizzy cola
1	Drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | lots of fizzy cola |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Turn off bright screens and read a paper book in dim light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t9:o2:1
# text = Turn off bright screens and read a paper book in dim light
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | bright screens |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent screen=Patient |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a paper book |  | dim light |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Play an exciting video game together to tire everyone out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t9:o3:1
# text = Play an exciting video game together to tire everyone out
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	tire	tire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | a exciting video game |  |  |  | together *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **tire out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  | out *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Turn on all the lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people:t9:o4:1
# text = Turn on all the lights
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | all lights |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on light=Trajectory |

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**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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