Exam question 4 · Screen-time rules and arguments

Determine which approach is most likely to secure an extension of permitted screen time.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, approach · What happens: determine, be, secure, permit · To what, where: extension

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 approach	det
3	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 likely	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 likely	cop
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 likely	advmod
6	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 secure	mark
8	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 likely	xcomp
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 extension	det
10	extension	extension	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secure	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 time	case
12	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 time	amod
13	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 time	compound
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 extension	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which approach		likely property	tree rules
3	secure	to-infinitive	which approach not said here	a extension of permitted screen time		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition extension=Theme
4	permit	participle				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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

A calm, truthful request supported by sound reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 request	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 request	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 calm	punct
4	truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 request	amod
5	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	supported	support	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 request	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 reasons	case
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reasons	compound
9	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 supported	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	participle		a calm truthful request not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

A claim that all classmates receive unlimited time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 receive	mark
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 classmates	det
5	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 receive	nsubj
6	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 claim	acl
7	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	all classmates	a claim not said here			time		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme

Option 3

A refusal to speak until the request is granted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 granted	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	4 speak	mark
4	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	until	until	ADP	_	7 request	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 request	det
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 granted	aux:pass
9	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	to-infinitive		a refusal not said here			until the request		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grant	present · passive		a refusal					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 4

A repeated demand made at the hour of bedtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 demand	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 demand	amod
3	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 demand	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 bedtime	case
9	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	make	participle		a repeated demand not said here			hour		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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