Exam question 1 · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…
Identify the two steps which this lesson prescribes in the event of a child encountering adult material on a screen.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lesson, child · What happens: identify, prescribe, encounter · To what, where: two steps, event, adult material, screen
This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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 steps | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 steps | nummod |
| 4 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 prescribes | obj |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 lesson | det |
| 7 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prescribes | nsubj |
| 8 | prescribes | prescribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 steps | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 event | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 event | det |
| 11 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prescribes | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 child | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 child | det |
| 14 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 event | nmod |
| 15 | encountering | encounter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 child | acl |
| 16 | adult | adult | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 material | amod |
| 17 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 encountering | obj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 screen | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 screen | det |
| 20 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 encountering | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the two steps | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent step=Theme | ||||
| 2 | prescribe | present | this lesson | the two steps | the event of a child | tree rules | |||
| 3 | encounter | gerund | a child not said here | adult material | a screen | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer material=Stimulus |
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
Cessation of viewing, and notification of a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cessation | cessation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 viewing | case |
| 3 | viewing | viewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cessation | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 notification | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 notification | cc |
| 6 | notification | notification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cessation | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 adult | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 adult | det |
| 9 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 adult | amod |
| 10 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 notification | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | cease | viewing | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | notify | a trusted adult | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Reduction of volume, and concealment of the incident
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduction | reduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 volume | case |
| 3 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reduction | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 concealment | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 concealment | cc |
| 6 | concealment | concealment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reduction | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 incident | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 incident | det |
| 9 | incident | incident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 concealment | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reduce | volume | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | conceal | the incident | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Change of channel, and immediate dismissal from mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 channel | case |
| 3 | channel | channel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Change | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dismissal | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dismissal | cc |
| 6 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dismissal | amod |
| 7 | dismissal | dismissal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Change | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 mind | case |
| 9 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dismissal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | channel | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
Continuation of viewing, and notification of a friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continuation | continuation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 viewing | case |
| 3 | viewing | viewing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Continuation | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 notification | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 notification | cc |
| 6 | notification | notification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Continuation | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 notification | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | viewing | nom continuation «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | notify | a friend | nom notification «act 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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