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title: Identify the purpose of filters upon school computers and tablets. — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the purpose of filters upon school computers and tablets. Exam question 1 of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Classroom rules and homework

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Identify the purpose of filters upon school computers and tablets.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, filters · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e1:1
# text = Identify the purpose of filters upon school computers and tablets.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	filters	filter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 purpose of filters upon school computers and tablets |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | filters upon school computers and tablets |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition 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 {#o1}

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To prevent homework being saved upon the school system

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e1:o1:1
# text = To prevent homework being saved upon the school system
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	system	system	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | homework |  |  |  | upon the school system | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To make the devices slower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e1:o2:1
# text = To make the devices slower
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the devices |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset device=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To stop teachers using the internet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e1:o3:1
# text = To stop teachers using the internet
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | teachers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | the internet |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent internet=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To keep children safe online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework:e1:o4:1
# text = To keep children safe online
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	online	online	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | children |  |  |  | online, safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

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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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