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title: A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grand… — Moving, new schools, change and grief · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grandad. What is the truth? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change 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 w
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

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A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grandad. What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, going, truth · **What happens:** worry, go, make, die, be · **To what, where:** sleep, girl

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change 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/97-moving-change-and-grief/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grandad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t9:1
# text = A girl worries that going to sleep could make her die like her grandad.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worries	worry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	TO	_	7	case	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | sleep |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **make** | could | going | girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **die** | infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like girl's grandad | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t9:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sleeping too long can make your body stop and die, so it is risky

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t9:o1:1
# text = Sleeping too long can make your body stop and die, so it is risky
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | can | Sleeping | your body |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | infinitive | your body *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **die** | infinitive | your body *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **is** | present | body |  |  |  |  | risky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She should stay awake to be safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t9:o2:1
# text = She should stay awake to be safe
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | should | She |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only old people die in their sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t9:o3:1
# text = Only old people die in their sleep
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | old people |  |  |  |  | in people's sleep | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sleep=Attribute |
| 2 | **sleep** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sleep is safe; death is the body stopping forever, not sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t9:o4:1
# text = Sleep is safe; death is the body stopping forever, not sleep
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
10	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sleep |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | death | the body |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | gerund | the body *not said here* | sleep |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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