Exam question 4 · Posture, screens and resting your eyes
It is given that the eyes feel dry after prolonged regard of a screen. Determine the principal cause thereof.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eyes, you, principal · What happens: give, feel, prolong, regard, determine, cause · To what, where: It, screen
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the eyes feel dry after prolonged regard of a screen.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 feel | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eyes | det |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 regard | case |
| 10 | prolonged | prolong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 regard | amod |
| 11 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 screen | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 screen | det |
| 14 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 regard | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | feel | present | the eyes | after prolonged regard of a screen | dry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | prolong | participle | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | regard | a screen | nom regard «cognition transitive»: of=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.
Sentence 2: Determine the principal cause thereof.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 principal | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 5 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 4 cause | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cause | present | the principal | thereof property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The eyes produce no tears whatsoever during daylight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 eyes | det |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 produce | nsubj |
| 3 | produce | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 tears | det |
| 5 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 produce | obj |
| 6 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 3 produce | advmod |
| 7 | during | during | ADP | _ | 8 daylight | case |
| 8 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 produce | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | present | the eyes | no tears | during daylight | whatsoever property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Result |
Option 2
The screen emits a vapour that dries the eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 screen | det |
| 2 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 emits | nsubj |
| 3 | emits | emit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vapour | det |
| 5 | vapour | vapour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 emits | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 dries | nsubj |
| 7 | dries | dry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 vapour | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 eyes | det |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 dries | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emit | present | the screen | a vapour | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source vapour=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dry | present | a vapour | the eyes | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient eye=Result |
Option 3
The screen draws moisture from the face by heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 screen | det |
| 2 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | nsubj |
| 3 | draws | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | moisture | moisture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 face | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 face | det |
| 7 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 heat | case |
| 9 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present | the screen | moisture | the face | by heat | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent moisture=Theme from face=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Persons blink less frequently whilst they regard a screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 blink | nsubj |
| 2 | blink | blink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 frequently | advmod |
| 4 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 2 blink | advmod |
| 5 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 7 regard | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 regard | nsubj |
| 7 | regard | regard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 blink | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 screen | det |
| 9 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 regard | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blink | present | Persons | frequently property | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | regard | present | Persons = person | a screen | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Theme |
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