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description: Freya buzzes for half an hour then flops «like a wet sock». What happened? Test 8 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Energy drinks: why they're not for kids

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Freya buzzes for half an hour then flops «like a wet sock». What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Freya · **What happens:** buzz, flop, happen · **To what, where:** wet sock

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freya buzzes for half an hour then flops «like a wet sock».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t8:1
# text = Freya buzzes for half an hour then flops «like a wet sock».
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	buzzes	buzz	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	flops	flop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | present | Freya |  |  |  | hour |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flop** | present | Freya *not said here* | a wet sock |  |  | then |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sock=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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t8:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She caught a cold on the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t8:o1:1
# text = She caught a cold on the court
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | She | a cold |  | the court |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The caffeine and sugar lift faded into a crash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t8:o2:1
# text = The caffeine and sugar lift faded into a crash
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	lift	lift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	faded	fade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fade** | present · passive |  | the caffeine and sugar |  | a crash |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The drink gave her real lasting energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t8:o3:1
# text = The drink gave her real lasting energy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	lasting	lasting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the drink | real lasting energy | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient energy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She got too much sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids:t8:o4:1
# text = She got too much sleep
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | much sleep |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus |

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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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