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title: Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on h… — Sleep and the body clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on her feet" at school. What does that mean, and why? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 127 «Sleep and the body clock» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · ★ · Sleep and the body clock

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Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on her feet" at school. What does that mean, and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lexi, that · **What happens:** play, be, mean · **To what, where:** tablet, feet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 127 «Sleep and the body clock» of the world 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/world/127-sleep-and-the-body-clock/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on her feet" at school.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t2:1
# text = Lexi plays on her tablet in bed till half ten, then she's "dead on her feet" at school.
1	Lexi	Lexi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	till	till	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	obl	_	_
10	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | Lexi |  |  | Lexi's tablet | till half | in bed; at school | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lexi |  |  | Lexi's feet | then | dead *property* | tree rules |

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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 does that mean, and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t2:2
# text = What does that mean, and why?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Very bored: school is dull after games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t2:o1:1
# text = Very bored: school is dull after games
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bored school |  |  |  | after games | dull *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Very cold: she forgot her coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t2:o2:1
# text = Very cold: she forgot her coat
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | she | her coat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Very ill: tablets give you a fever if you use them in bed at night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t2:o3:1
# text = Very ill: tablets give you a fever if you use them in bed at night
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | ill tablets | a fever | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient fever=Theme |
| 2 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | tablets *= tablet* |  | bed | night |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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

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Very tired: too little sleep, and the screen delayed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t2:o4:1
# text = Very tired: too little sleep, and the screen delayed it
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	delayed	delay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delay** | past | the screen | sleep |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent it=Source |

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