Exam question 2 · Posture, screens and resting your eyes

Identify the recommended position of a screen relative to the person observing it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, recommend, observe · To what, where: recommended position, position

This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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 position	det
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 position	amod
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 relative	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 relative	det
7	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	compound
8	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 position	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relative	nmod
12	observing	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 person	acl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 observing	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the recommended position of a screen relative to the person	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent position=Theme
2	recommend	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	observe	gerund	the person not said here	position	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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

Approximately an arm's length distant, its upper edge near the level of the eyes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	_	5 length	advmod
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arm	det
3	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 length	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 arm	case
5	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 length	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 edge	punct
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 edge	nmod:poss
9	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 edge	amod
10	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 length	parataxis
11	near	near	ADP	_	13 level	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 level	det
13	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 edge	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 eyes	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 eyes	det
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 level	nmod

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

Option 2

As close to the face as possible, its upper edge below the chin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	2 close	case
2	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 face	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 face	det
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 close	obl
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 possible	mark
7	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 close	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 edge	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 edge	nmod:poss
10	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 edge	amod
11	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 close	obl
12	below	below	ADP	_	14 chin	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chin	det
14	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 edge	nmod

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

Option 3

Directly above the head, upon the ceiling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Directly	directly	ADV	_	4 head	advmod
2	above	above	ADP	_	4 head	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 head	det
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 head	punct
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 ceiling	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ceiling	det
8	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	nmod

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

Option 4

Far beneath the level of the knees, upon the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 level	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 level	det
4	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Far	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 knees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knees	det
7	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 level	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Far	punct
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 floor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 floor	det
11	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Far	obl

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

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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