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title: Zara: «I need an energy drink to focus, it's giving study mode». Her… — Energy drinks: why they're not for kids · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara: «I need an energy drink to focus, it's giving study mode». Her mum: «what you need is sleep, babe». Who's right? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 12 · ★ · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids

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Zara: «I need an energy drink to focus, it's giving study mode». Her mum: «what you need is sleep, babe». Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, drink, you, mum · **What happens:** need, focus, give, be · **To what, where:** energy drink, study mode, sleep

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 52 «Energy drinks: why they're not for kids» 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/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara: «I need an energy drink to focus, it's giving study mode».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:1
# text = Zara: «I need an energy drink to focus, it's giving study mode».
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	focus	focus	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | I | a energy drink |  |  |  | Zara *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=Theme |
| 2 | **focus** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | drink | study mode |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mode=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:* Her mum: «what you need is sleep, babe».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:2
# text = Her mum: «what you need is sleep, babe».
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	babe	babe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Zara's mum | sleep and babe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Both; drink it after sleeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:o1:1
# text = Both; drink it after sleeping
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | infinitive | Both | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | Both *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Neither; skipping breakfast helps focus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:o2:1
# text = Neither; skipping breakfast helps focus
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
4	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	focus	focus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | gerund |  | breakfast |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | present | skipping | focus |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent focus=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zara; energy drinks fix tiredness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:o3:1
# text = Zara; energy drinks fix tiredness
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fix	fix	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tiredness	tiredness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | Zara | tiredness |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tiredness=Patient |

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

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Mum; sleep helps focus, caffeine brings jitters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t12:o4:1
# text = Mum; sleep helps focus, caffeine brings jitters
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	focus	focus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	jitters	jitter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Mum | focus |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent focus=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **bring** | present | caffeine | jitters |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent jitter=Theme |

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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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