Exam question 2 · Screens, eyes and sleep

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning prolonged viewing of a television at close range.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, prolong, view · To what, where: response, established facts, close range

This is exam question 2 of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» of the medicine 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 prolonged	nsubj
10	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 facts	acl:relcl
11	viewing	view	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 prolonged	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 television	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 television	det
14	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 viewing	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 range	case
16	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 range	amod
17	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 viewing	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	prolong	past		the established facts not said here			tree rules
5	view	gerund			close range	of a television	vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

It strengthens the eyesight

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 strengthens	nsubj
2	strengthens	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyesight	det
4	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strengthens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	present	It	the eyesight					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eyesight=Patient

Option 2

It induces blindness in later life

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 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blindness	blindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	It	blindness		later life			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blindness=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It may induce fatigue but does not damage 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	3 induce	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 induce	aux
3	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induce	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 damage	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 damage	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 damage	advmod
8	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 induce	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eyes	det
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 damage	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	may	It	fatigue					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fatigue=Patient
2	not damage	present · do-support		the eyes					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 4

It induces short sight permanently in the majority of children

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 induces	nsubj
2	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sight	amod
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obj
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	2 induces	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 majority	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 majority	det
8	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 induces	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 majority	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	present	It	short sight		the majority of children		permanently property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Patient

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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