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title: Ivy, in LA at 3 pm, nodding off over her burger: "This is so mid." (… — Sleep and the body clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Ivy, in LA at 3 pm, nodding off over her burger: "This is so mid." ("Mid" means rubbish.) Why's she so sleepy? Test 5 · ★ 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 choice w
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# Test 5 · ★ · Sleep and the body clock

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Ivy, in LA at 3 pm, nodding off over her burger: "This is so mid." ("Mid" means rubbish.) Why's she so sleepy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** LA, Ivy, Mid · **What happens:** nod off, be, mean · **To what, where:** burger, rubbish

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ivy, in LA at 3 pm, nodding off over her burger: "This is so mid."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:1
# text = Ivy, in LA at 3 pm, nodding off over her burger: "This is so mid."
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	LA	LA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	nodding	nod	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	burger	burger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod off** | gerund | LA at 3  pm *not said here* |  |  | LA's burger |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ivy and LA at 3  pm |  |  |  |  | mid *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:* ("Mid" means rubbish.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:2
# text = ("Mid" means rubbish.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mid	Mid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why's she so sleepy?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:3
# text = Why's she so sleepy?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Her body still thinks it's 11 pm London time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:o1:1
# text = Her body still thinks it's 11 pm London time
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
8	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
9	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Her body |  |  |  | still |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | body | 11 |  |  | time | pm *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She ate too much American food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:o2:1
# text = She ate too much American food
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	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	6	amod	_	_
5	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | She | much American food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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LA air has less oxygen than London

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:o3:1
# text = LA air has less oxygen than London
1	LA	LA	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	compound	_	_
2	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | LA air | less oxygen |  |  |  | than London | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The flight made her lose a whole night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:t5:o4:1
# text = The flight made her lose a whole night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	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	obj	_	_
5	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the flight | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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