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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises the practice… — Screens, diets, sofas and late nights · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the practice known as "doomscrolling". Exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 2 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the practice known as "doomscrolling".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris, know · **To what, where:** response, practice

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e2:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the practice known as "doomscrolling".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	doomscrolling	doomscrolling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | **characteris** | present | most | the practice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  | the practice *not said here* |  |  |  | as doomscrolling | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as doomscrolling=Attribute |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The prolonged reading of distressing news, which tends to worsen mood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e2:o1:1
# text = The prolonged reading of distressing news, which tends to worsen mood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	distressing	distress	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	worsen	worsen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **distress** | gerund | the prolonged reading *not said here* | news |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus news=Experiencer |
| 3 | **tend** | present | the prolonged reading |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **worsen** | to-infinitive | the prolonged reading *not said here* | mood |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mood=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The writing of letters of complaint to newspapers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e2:o2:1
# text = The writing of letters of complaint to newspapers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** |  |  | letters of complaint |  |  |  | to newspapers | nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |
| 2 | **letter** |  |  | complaint |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The careful study of weather forecasts prior to undertaking a long journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e2:o3:1
# text = The careful study of weather forecasts prior to undertaking a long journey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	forecasts	forecast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forecast** | present | the careful study of weather |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **undertake** | gerund | the careful study of weather *not said here* | a long journey |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality |
| 3 | **study** |  |  | weather |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The deletion of all applications from a telephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:e2:o4:1
# text = The deletion of all applications from a telephone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deletion	deletion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	applications	application	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** |  |  | all applications from a telephone |  |  |  |  | nom deletion «process transitive»: of=patient |

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**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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