Exam question 1 · Staying up, screens and coming home late

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of a screen after the hour appointed for its cessation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, hour, screen · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, appoint, use · To what, where: response, use, screen

This is exam question 1 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 use	det
13	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 screen	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 screen	det
16	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 use	nmod
17	after	after	SCONJ	_	20 appointed	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hour	det
19	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 appointed	nsubj
20	appointed	appoint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 screen	acl:relcl
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 cessation	case
22	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 cessation	nmod:poss
23	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 appointed	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the use of a screen		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus use=Experiencer
5	appoint	past	the hour	a screen not said here	for screen's cessation	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Theme
6	use			a screen		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
7	cease		screen			nom cessation «event transitive»: poss=agent

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

It is acceptable where undetected, since the parent suffers no inconvenience thereby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 acceptable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	cop
3	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 undetected	advmod
5	undetected	undetect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acceptable	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 suffers	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 suffers	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suffers	nsubj
10	suffers	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acceptable	parataxis
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 inconvenience	det
12	inconvenience	inconvenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suffers	obj
13	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 suffers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		acceptable property	tree rules
2	undetect	participle				tree rules
3	suffer	present	the parent	no inconvenience	thereby property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inconvenience=Stimulus

Option 2

It has no bearing upon sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bearing	det
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bearing	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may impair sleep, and its non-detection does not render it acceptable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 impair	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 impair	aux
3	impair	impair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impair	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 render	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 render	cc
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 non-detection	nmod:poss
8	non-detection	non-detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 render	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 render	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 render	advmod
11	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 impair	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 render	obj
13	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 render	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impair	may	It	sleep					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sleep=Experiencer
2	not render	present · do-support	sleep's non-detection	sleep				acceptable property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

It improves the quality of sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quality	det
4	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quality	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the quality of sleep					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent quality=Patient

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