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title: Little sis dreamt Mum disappeared and she's sobbing. What to tell her? — Screens, eyes and sleep · tree and pragmatics
description: Little sis dreamt Mum disappeared and she's sobbing. What to tell her? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» of the medicine 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 7 · ★★ · Screens, eyes and sleep

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Little sis dreamt Mum disappeared and she's sobbing. What to tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little sis, Mum · **What happens:** dreamt, disappear, sob, tell · **To what, where:** Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» of the medicine 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/medicine/35-screens-eyes-and-sleep/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Little sis dreamt Mum disappeared and she's sobbing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:t7:1
# text = Little sis dreamt Mum disappeared and she's sobbing.
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sis	si	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dreamt	dreamt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sobbing	sob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dreamt** | past | Little sis |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disappear** | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sob** | present · progressive | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 to tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:t7:2
# text = What to tell her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | Mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It might come true, so watch Mum carefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:t7:o1:1
# text = It might come true, so watch Mum carefully
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | might | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive |  | Mum |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Don't tell anyone about it, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:t7:o2:1
# text = Don't tell anyone about it, ever
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  | anyone |  | ever | about it | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about it=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was a nightmare, dreams don't predict the future

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:t7:o3:1
# text = It was a nightmare, dreams don't predict the future
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	predict	predict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a nightmare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **predict** | present · do-support | dreams | the future |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot future=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dreams are messages from the future

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:t7:o4:1
# text = Dreams are messages from the future
1	Dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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