--- title: Identify the principal purpose for which families customarily instit… — Screen-time rules and arguments · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal purpose for which families customarily institute limitations upon the duration of recreational screen use. Exam question 1 of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Screen-time rules and arguments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Screen-time rules and arguments Identify the principal purpose for which families customarily institute limitations upon the duration of recreational screen use. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, families · **What happens:** identify, institute · **To what, where:** principal purpose, limitations This is exam question 1 of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal purpose for which families customarily institute limitations upon the duration of recreational screen use. 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 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 7 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 customarily customarily ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 institute institute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 limitations limitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 recreational recreational ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme | | 2 | **institute** | present | families | limitations | | | | for the principal purpose; upon the duration of recreational screen use; customarily *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limitation=Patient | 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} The protection of sleep, study, health and family time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e1:o1:1 # text = The protection of sleep, study, health and family time 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 _ 4 case _ _ 4 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | | | sleep | | | | | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The prevention of damage to the devices concerned ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e1:o2:1 # text = The prevention of damage to the devices concerned 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prevention prevention NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 damage damage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 devices device NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevent** | | | damage to the devices | | | | | nom prevention «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The reduction of expenditure upon electricity ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e1:o3:1 # text = The reduction of expenditure upon electricity 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 _ 4 case _ _ 4 expenditure expenditure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | | | expenditure | | | | upon electricity | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl | ### Option 4 {#o4} The compliance with a national statutory limit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e1:o4:1 # text = The compliance with a national statutory limit 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 compliance compliance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 statutory statutory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 limit limit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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