Exam question 3 · Posture, screens and resting your eyes

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning time spent by children out of doors in daylight.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, spend · To what, where: response, concerning time, doors

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facts	conj
13	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 time	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 children	case
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 spent	obl
16	out	out	ADP	_	18 doors	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 doors	case
18	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 spent	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 daylight	case
20	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spent	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts and concerning time; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	spend	participle		concerning time not said here	doors	by children; in daylight	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It is detrimental to the eyes unless sunglasses be worn

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 detrimental	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 detrimental	cop
3	detrimental	detrimental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 detrimental	obl
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 sunglasses	case
8	sunglasses	sunglasses	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 detrimental	obl
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 worn	aux:pass
10	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sunglasses	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the eyes; unless sunglasses; detrimental property	tree rules
2	wear	infinitive · passive		sunglasses not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It assists in protecting the eyes of children from becoming short-sighted

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 assists	nsubj
2	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	4 protecting	mark
4	protecting	protect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assists	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protecting	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 becoming	mark
10	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 protecting	advcl
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sighted	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 short	punct
13	sighted	sight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 becoming	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	assist	present	It		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	protect	gerund		the eyes of children	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary
3	become	gerund			tree rules
4	sight	participle			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It renders the eyes of children more liable to short sight

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 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyes	det
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 renders	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eyes	nmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 liable	advmod
8	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sight	amod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 short	mark
10	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sight	amod
11	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the eyes of children					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent eye=Recipient sight=Theme

Option 4

It exerts no influence of any description 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	2 exerts	nsubj
2	exerts	exert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 influence	det
4	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exerts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 description	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 description	det
7	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 influence	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 eyes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eyes	det
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 description	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exert	present	It	no influence of any description upon the eyes					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme

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