Exam question 1 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

Identify the principal purpose of the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, automatic playing, successive episodes · What happens: identify, purpose, play · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 playing	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 playing	det
7	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 playing	amod
8	playing	playing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 episodes	case
10	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 episodes	amod
11	episodes	episode	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 playing	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 services	case
13	streaming	streaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 services	compound
14	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 episodes	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	play		successive episodes upon streaming services		nom playing «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 protection of the viewer's eyesight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protection	det
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 eyesight	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 viewer	det
5	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eyesight	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 viewer	case
7	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect			the viewer's eyesight					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The prevention of spoilers among friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prevention	det
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 spoilers	case
4	spoilers	spoiler	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevention	nmod
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 friends	case
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent			spoilers				among friends	nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient among=obl

Option 3

The reduction of the monthly subscription

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 subscription	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 subscription	det
5	monthly	monthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 subscription	amod
6	subscription	subscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce			the monthly subscription					nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The prolongation of the time spent viewing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prolongation	det
2	prolongation	prolongation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 viewing	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prolongation	nmod
6	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 viewing	amod
7	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle							vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	prolong			the time					nom prolongation «act transitive»: of=patient

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