--- title: my sister says nan died cos she went to sleep, true? — Family changes and grief · tree and pragmatics description: my sister says nan died cos she went to sleep, true? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday 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/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/t12/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Family changes and grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Family changes and grief my sister says nan died cos she went to sleep, true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, nan · **What happens:** say, die, go, sleep · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday 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/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t12:1 # text = my sister says nan died cos she went to sleep, true? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die** | past | nan | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **go** | past | nan | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | nan *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, sleep can make old people just stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, sleep can make old people just stop 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can | sleep | old people | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product | | 2 | **stop** | present | sleep *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only a very long, deep sleep does that ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t12:o2:1 # text = Only a very long, deep sleep does that 1 Only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | a long deep sleep | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, so try hard to stay awake at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, so try hard to stay awake at night 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | night | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, sleeping does not cause death ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t12:o4:1 # text = No, sleeping does not cause death 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cause** | present · do-support | sleeping | death | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=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. 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