Exam question 2 · Sharing, sleep and safe food

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of screens used shortly before sleep?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, use, effect · To what, where: effect, screens

This is exam question 2 of lesson 209 «Sharing, sleep and safe food» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 screens	case
12	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 effect	nmod
13	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 screens	acl
14	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	13 used	advmod
15	before	before	ADP	_	16 sleep	case
16	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the effect of screens		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	use	participle	screens not said here	before sleep	shortly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	effect		screens			nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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

They assist persons who cannot fall asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 assist	nsubj
2	assist	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assist	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fall	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fall	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 fall	advmod
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 persons	acl:relcl
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present	They		persons				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary
2	not fall	can	persons					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Their light and excitement render sleep more difficult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 light	nmod:poss
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 render	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 excitement	cc
4	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 light	conj
5	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 render	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 difficult	advmod
8	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 render	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Their light and excitement	sleep					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme
2	light		Their = they						nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

They have no effect upon sleep whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no effect				upon sleep; whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4

They render sleep deeper and longer, as the eyes grow weary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 render	nsubj
2	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 render	obj
4	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 render	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 longer	cc
6	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 deeper	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grow	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 grow	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eyes	det
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grow	nsubj
11	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 render	conj
12	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	They	sleep				deep property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme
2	grow	present	the eyes					weary property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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