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# Exam question 2 · Sleep and school mornings

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Identify the principal reason for which the storage of electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight is advised.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, advise, store · **To what, where:** principal reason, storage, electronic devices

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 418 «Sleep and school mornings» 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/418-sleep-and-school-mornings/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the storage of electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight is advised.
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	17	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	storage	storage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	overnight	overnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **advise** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the storage of electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **store** |  |  | electronic devices outside the bedroom overnight |  |  |  |  | nom storage «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It prolongs the life of the devices' batteries considerably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:e2:o1:1
# text = It prolongs the life of the devices' batteries considerably
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prolongs	prolong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | present | It | the life of the devices's batteries |  |  |  | considerably *property* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It prevents the devices from overheating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:e2:o2:1
# text = It prevents the devices from overheating
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	overheating	overheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | It | the devices |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer device=Theme |
| 2 | **overheat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It permits parents to use the devices nocturnally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:e2:o3:1
# text = It permits parents to use the devices nocturnally
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	nocturnally	nocturnally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present | It | parents |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer parent=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the devices |  |  |  | nocturnally *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Patient |

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

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It removes the temptation to play when sleep is required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:418-sleep-and-school-mornings:e2:o4:1
# text = It removes the temptation to play when sleep is required
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	temptation	temptation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | the temptation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **require** | present · passive |  | sleep |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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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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