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description: Identify the principal purpose of the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services. Exam question 1 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

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Identify the principal purpose of the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, automatic playing, successive episodes · **What happens:** identify, purpose, play · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	playing	playing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	episodes	episode	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	streaming	streaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the automatic playing of successive episodes upon streaming services |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **play** |  | successive episodes upon streaming services |  |  |  |  |  | nom playing «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The protection of the viewer's eyesight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e1:o1:1
# text = The protection of the viewer's eyesight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	viewer	viewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	eyesight	eyesight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** |  |  | the viewer's eyesight |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The prevention of spoilers among friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e1:o2:1
# text = The prevention of spoilers among friends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spoilers	spoiler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** |  |  | spoilers |  |  |  | among friends | nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient among=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The reduction of the monthly subscription

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e1:o3:1
# text = The reduction of the monthly subscription
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	monthly	monthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	subscription	subscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** |  |  | the monthly subscription |  |  |  |  | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The prolongation of the time spent viewing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts:e1:o4:1
# text = The prolongation of the time spent viewing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prolongation	prolongation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	viewing	viewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prolong** |  |  | the time |  |  |  |  | nom prolongation «act 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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