Test 17 · ★ · Screens, sleep, fairness and differences

my mate says gaming till 2am every night made some kid fail all his exams n his mum took the xbox. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, night, kid, mum · What happens: say, make, fail, take, be · To what, where: gaming, exams, xbox, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 103 «Screens, sleep, fairness and differences» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	gaming	gaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
5	till	till	ADP	_	6 2	case
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 gaming	nmod
7	am	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 2	nmod:unmarked
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 kid	det
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fail	nsubj
13	fail	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	ccomp
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 exams	det:predet
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 exams	nmod:poss
16	exams	exam	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 fail	obj
17	n	n	SCONJ	_	20 took	mark
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mum	nmod:poss
19	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 took	nsubj
20	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 exams	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 xbox	det
22	xbox	xbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 took	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 lesson	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 lesson	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 lesson	det
27	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 lesson	amod
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	gaming	till 2 am	tree rules
2	make	past	every night			tree rules
3	fail	present	some kid	kid's exams		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exam=Eventuality
4	take	past	kid's mum	the xbox		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent xbox=Theme
5	is a	present		the real lesson		tree rules

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

Late screen time spoils sleep and concentration, so keep limits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	amod
2	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 time	compound
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoils	nsubj
4	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spoils	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 concentration	cc
7	concentration	concentration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleep	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 spoils	conj
11	limits	limit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	present	Late screen time	sleep and concentration					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive	Late screen time not said here	limits					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limit=Theme

Option 2

Only exams matter, so screens are fine in the holidays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 exams	advmod
2	exams	exam	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 matter	nsubj
3	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
6	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fine	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 matter	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 holidays	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 holidays	det
11	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	exams						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	screens			the holidays		fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Screens before bed help the brain wind down for sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
2	before	before	ADP	_	3 bed	case
3	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Screens	nmod
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wind	compound
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	4 help	compound:prt
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 sleep	case
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help down	present	Screens before bed	the brain wind				for sleep	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Beneficiary

Option 4

Gaming late every night is fine as long as you sleep in at the weekend

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gaming	gaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fine	nsubj
2	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Gaming	advmod
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 late	obl:unmarked
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 fine	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 sleep	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 sleep	nsubj
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 long	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 sleep	compound:prt
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 weekend	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 weekend	det
15	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gaming					fine, long property	tree rules
2	sleep in	present	you				weekend		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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