Exam question 4 · The group chat that turns

Identify the principal benefit, as established in the lesson, of removing telephones from bedrooms at night.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish, remove · To what, where: principal benefit, lesson, telephones, bedrooms

This is exam question 4 of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» 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 benefit	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 benefit	amod
4	benefit	benefit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 established	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lesson	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lesson	det
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 removing	punct
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 removing	mark
13	removing	remove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 established	advcl
14	telephones	telephone	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 removing	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 bedrooms	case
16	bedrooms	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 removing	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal benefit			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme
2	establish	participle			the lesson		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	remove	gerund		telephones	bedrooms	night	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent telephone=Theme from bedroom=Source

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

Increased popularity among peers at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 popularity	amod
2	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	among	among	ADP	_	4 peers	case
4	peers	peer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 popularity	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	participle							vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The complete prevention of all online bullying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prevention	det
2	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prevention	amod
3	prevention	prevention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bullying	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 bullying	det
6	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bullying	amod
7	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevention	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Improved sleep and fewer nocturnal disputes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sleep	amod
2	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 disputes	cc
4	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 disputes	amod
5	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 disputes	amod
6	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sleep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Faster completion of homework at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 completion	amod
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 homework	case
4	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 completion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complete			homework			at night		nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient at=obl

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