Test 18 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money

apparently some kid watched YouTube on autoplay for like 9 hours straight and didn't notice. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: watch, not notice, be · To what, where: YouTube, autoplay, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 watched	advmod
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watched	nsubj
4	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	YouTube	YouTube	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 watched	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 autoplay	case
7	autoplay	autoplay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watched	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 hours	case
9	like	like	INTJ	_	11 hours	discourse
10	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 hours	nummod
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watched	obl
12	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 watched	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 notice	cc
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 notice	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 notice	advmod
16	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 watched	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 lesson	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 lesson	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 lesson	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lesson	det
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 notice	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	some kid	YouTube	autoplay	hour	apparently, straight property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youtube=Theme
2	not notice	past · do-support	some kid not said here					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present		the true 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

Watching more videos makes you smarter, whatever they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	csubj
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 videos	amod
3	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Watching	obj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	smarter	smart	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 whatever	punct
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 makes	obj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 whatever	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whatever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund		more videos		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme
2	make	present	Watching	you	smart property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
3	is a	present	videos = video	whatever		tree rules

Option 2

Nine hours is a normal amount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hours	nummod
2	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 amount	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 amount	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 amount	det
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 amount	amod
6	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Nine hours	a normal amount					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Autoplay keeps you watching; turn it off or stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Autoplay	Autoplay	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obj
4	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 turn	punct
6	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 keeps	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 turn	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 turn	compound:prt
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 stop	cc
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 turn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present	Autoplay	you	tree rules
2	watch	gerund	you not said here		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	turn off	infinitive		it	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	stop	infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Autoplay saves you time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Autoplay	Autoplay	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saves	nsubj
2	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 saves	obj
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saves	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	Autoplay	you			time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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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