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title: Identify the principal reason for which screens are to be put away a… — Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which screens are to be put away approximately one hour prior to sleep. Exam question 2 of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food

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Identify the principal reason for which screens are to be put away approximately one hour prior to sleep.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, put away, sleep · **To what, where:** principal reason, screens

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which screens are to be put away approximately one hour prior to sleep.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **put away** | present · passive | you *not said here* | screens |  |  | hour | for the principal reason; away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Screens must cool down before charging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o1:1
# text = Screens must cool down before charging
1	Screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	charging	charge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | must | Screens |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **charge** | gerund | Screens *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Their light and excitement make it harder to fall asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o2:1
# text = Their light and excitement make it harder to fall asleep
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Their light and excitement | excitement |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | excitement *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **light** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Parents require them for their own use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o3:1
# text = Parents require them for their own use
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Parents | them *= they* |  |  |  | for Parents's own use | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Precondition |
| 2 | **use** |  | Parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Screens consume a great deal of electricity during the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:e2:o4:1
# text = Screens consume a great deal of electricity during the night
1	Screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consume	consume	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | Screens | a great deal of electricity |  |  | night |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Asset |
| 2 | **deal** |  |  | electricity |  |  |  |  | nom deal «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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