Exam question 2 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

Select the response that most accurately characterises the practice known as "doomscrolling".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris, know · To what, where: response, practice

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 practice	det
9	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 practice	acl
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 doomscrolling	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 doomscrolling	punct
13	doomscrolling	doomscrolling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 known	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 doomscrolling	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	the practice		tree rules
3	know	participle		the practice not said here	as doomscrolling	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as doomscrolling=Attribute

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The prolonged reading of distressing news, which tends to worsen mood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reading	det
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reading	amod
3	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tends	nsubj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 distressing	mark
5	distressing	distress	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 reading	acl
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 distressing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tends	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tends	nsubj
9	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 worsen	mark
11	worsen	worsen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tends	xcomp
12	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 worsen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prolong	participle			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	distress	gerund	the prolonged reading not said here	news	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus news=Experiencer
3	tend	present	the prolonged reading		tree rules
4	worsen	to-infinitive	the prolonged reading not said here	mood	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mood=Patient

Option 2

The writing of letters of complaint to newspapers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writing	det
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 letters	case
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 writing	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 complaint	case
6	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 letters	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 newspapers	case
8	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 writing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write			letters of complaint				to newspapers	nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl
2	letter			complaint					nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The careful study of weather forecasts prior to undertaking a long journey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 study	det
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 study	amod
3	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forecasts	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 weather	case
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 study	nmod
6	forecasts	forecast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	9 undertaking	mark
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 forecasts	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 journey	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 journey	amod
12	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 undertaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forecast	present	the careful study of weather		tree rules
2	undertake	gerund	the careful study of weather not said here	a long journey	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality
3	study			weather	nom study «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The deletion of all applications from a telephone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deletion	det
2	deletion	deletion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 applications	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 applications	det
5	applications	application	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 deletion	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 telephone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 telephone	det
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applications	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delete			all applications from a telephone					nom deletion «process transitive»: of=patient

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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