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title: Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me». W… — Sleep and school mornings · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me». What helped her? Test 6 of lesson 418 «Sleep and school mornings» 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 right.
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# Test 6 · Sleep and school mornings

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Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me». What helped her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Ruby · **What happens:** keep, dream, chase, help · **To what, where:** me, Ruby

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This is test 6 of lesson 418 «Sleep and school mornings» 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/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:t6:1
# text = Ruby: «I keep dreaming about the game, a giant pickaxe chased me».
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pickaxe	pickaxe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the game | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about game=Topic |
| 3 | **chase** *in a quote* | past | Ruby | me |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What helped her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:t6:2
# text = What helped her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past |  |  | Ruby |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stopping games an hour before bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:t6:o1:1
# text = Stopping games an hour before bed
1	Stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | gerund |  | games |  |  | before bed; hour |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turning the game music up louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:t6:o2:1
# text = Turning the game music up louder
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | the game music |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent music=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Playing the game just before sleeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:t6:o3:1
# text = Playing the game just before sleeping
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | the game |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | Playing |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sleeping with the tablet on her pillow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:t6:o4:1
# text = Sleeping with the tablet on her pillow
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  | her pillow |  | with the tablet | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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