--- title: Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew. W… — The brain and nerves · tree and pragmatics description: Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew. Why? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/68-the-brain-and-nerves/t7/) [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/) / [The brain and nerves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/68-the-brain-and-nerves/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · The brain and nerves Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ben · **What happens:** sleep, forget, know, test · **To what, where:** words This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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/68-the-brain-and-nerves/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:1 # text = Ben slept badly before his spelling test and forgot words he knew. 1 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | Ben | | | | before Ben's spelling test | badly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **forget** | past | Ben *not said here* | words | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | Ben | words *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **test** | | Ben | | | | | | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Spelling is stored in the stomach ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o1:1 # text = Spelling is stored in the stomach 1 Spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 stored store VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | present · passive | | Spelling | | the stomach | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in stomach=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sleep makes the brain smaller so words fit better ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o2:1 # text = Sleep makes the brain smaller so words fit better 1 Sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Sleep | the brain | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset brain=Product | | 2 | **fit** | present | words | | | | | good *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sleep helps the brain sort and store memories ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o3:1 # text = Sleep helps the brain sort and store memories 1 Sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | Sleep | the brain sort and store memories | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} Words fall out of the ears at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o4:1 # text = Words fall out of the ears at night 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | Words | | | the ears | night | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out ear=Location | **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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