Exam question 2 · Sleep and school mornings

Identify the principal reason for which the storage of electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight is advised.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, advise, store · To what, where: principal reason, storage, electronic devices

This is exam question 2 of lesson 418 «Sleep and school mornings» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 advised	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storage	det
8	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 advised	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 devices	case
10	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 devices	amod
11	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 storage	nmod
12	outside	outside	ADP	_	15 overnight	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 overnight	det
14	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 overnight	compound
15	overnight	overnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 devices	nmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 advised	aux:pass
17	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	advise speech: other	present · passive		the storage of electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight	for the principal reason	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	store			electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight		nom storage «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

It prolongs the life of the devices' batteries considerably

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 prolongs	nsubj
2	prolongs	prolong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 life	det
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prolongs	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 batteries	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 devices	det
7	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 batteries	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 devices	case
9	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 life	nmod
10	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	2 prolongs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	present	It	the life of the devices's batteries				considerably property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 2

It prevents the devices from overheating

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 prevents	nsubj
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 devices	det
4	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevents	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 overheating	mark
6	overheating	overheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevents	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	present	It	the devices					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer device=Theme
2	overheat	gerund							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It permits parents to use the devices nocturnally

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 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permits	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 use	mark
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 permits	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 devices	det
7	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	obj
8	nocturnally	nocturnally	ADV	_	5 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	parents					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer parent=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	use not said to happen	to-infinitive		the devices				nocturnally property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It removes the temptation to play when sleep is required

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 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temptation	det
4	temptation	temptation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 removes	xcomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 required	advmod
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 required	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 required	aux:pass
10	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 play	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	remove	present	It	the temptation	tree rules
2	play	to-infinitive			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	require	present · passive		sleep	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

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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