Exam question 3 · Eyes, backs and thumbs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises play upon a bright screen in an unlit room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: play, unlit room

This is exam question 3 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 screen	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 screen	det
12	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 screen	amod
13	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 room	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 room	det
16	unlit	unlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 room	amod
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	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		play		a unlit room		of the following statements; upon a bright screen; accurately property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may occasion eye strain and headaches

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 occasion	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 occasion	aux
3	occasion	occasion	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strain	compound
5	strain	strain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasion	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 headaches	cc
7	headaches	headache	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 strain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	may	It	eye strain and headaches					tree rules

Option 2

It enhances the clarity of vision permanently

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 enhances	nsubj
2	enhances	enhance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clarity	det
4	clarity	clarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enhances	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 vision	case
6	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clarity	nmod
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 enhances	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enhance	present	It	the clarity of vision				permanently property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent clarity=Patient

Option 3

It is without any effect upon the eyes

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	5 effect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 effect	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 effect	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 effect	det
5	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eyes	det
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without any effect; upon the eyes	tree rules

Option 4

It is the condition most beneficial to the eyes

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	4 condition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 beneficial	advmod
6	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 condition	amod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eyes	det
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 beneficial	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the condition					tree rules

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