Exam question 2 · Routines, screen time and earning money
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the design of games and videos?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, design · To what, where: design, games
This is exam question 2 of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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 design | det |
| 10 | design | design | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 games | case |
| 12 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 design | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 videos | cc |
| 14 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 games | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the design of games and videos | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | design | games and videos | nom design «act 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 are designed for short use only
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 | 3 designed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 designed | aux:pass |
| 3 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 use | case |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 use | amod |
| 6 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 designed | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 designed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | design | present · passive | They | for short use | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for use=Beneficiary |
Option 2
They are designed to make the user stop quickly
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 | 3 designed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 designed | aux:pass |
| 3 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 stop | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 designed | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 user | det |
| 7 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 8 stop | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | design | present · passive | They | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the user | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset user=Product | |||||
| 3 | stop | present | quickly property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
They are designed to improve sleep
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 | 3 designed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 designed | aux:pass |
| 3 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 improve | mark |
| 5 | improve | improve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 designed | advcl |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 improve | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | design | present · passive | They | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 2 | improve | to-infinitive | sleep | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They are designed to keep the user watching
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 | 3 designed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 designed | aux:pass |
| 3 | designed | design | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 designed | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 user | det |
| 7 | user | user | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obj |
| 8 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | design | present · passive | They | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | the user | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | watch | gerund | the user not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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