Exam question 1 · Screen-time rules and arguments

Identify the principal purpose for which families customarily institute limitations upon the duration of recreational screen use.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, families · What happens: identify, institute · To what, where: principal purpose, limitations

This is exam question 1 of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 institute	obl
7	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 institute	nsubj
8	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	9 institute	advmod
9	institute	institute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 purpose	acl:relcl
10	limitations	limitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 institute	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 duration	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 duration	det
13	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 institute	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 use	case
15	recreational	recreational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 use	amod
16	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 use	compound
17	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 duration	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	institute	present	families	limitations				for the principal purpose; upon the duration of recreational screen use; customarily property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limitation=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 · ✓ the right answer

The protection of sleep, study, health and family time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protection	det
2	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sleep	case
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 study	punct
6	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 health	punct
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 time	cc
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 time	compound
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protection	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect			sleep					nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The prevention of damage to the devices concerned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prevention	det
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerned	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 damage	case
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevention	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 devices	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 devices	det
7	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 damage	nmod
8	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent			damage to the devices					nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The reduction of expenditure upon electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 expenditure	case
4	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 electricity	case
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce			expenditure				upon electricity	nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 4

The compliance with a national statutory limit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 compliance	det
2	compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 limit	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 limit	det
5	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 limit	amod
6	statutory	statutory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 limit	amod
7	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compliance	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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