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title: Determine which approach is most likely to secure an extension of pe… — Screen-time rules and arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine which approach is most likely to secure an extension of permitted screen time. Exam question 4 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Exam question 4 · Screen-time rules and arguments

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Determine which approach is most likely to secure an extension of permitted screen time.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, approach · **What happens:** determine, be, secure, permit · **To what, where:** extension

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e4:1
# text = Determine which approach is most likely to secure an extension of permitted screen time.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
13	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which approach |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **secure** | to-infinitive | which approach *not said here* | a extension of permitted screen time |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition extension=Theme |
| 4 | **permit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A calm, truthful request supported by sound reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e4:o1:1
# text = A calm, truthful request supported by sound reasons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | participle |  | a calm truthful request *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A claim that all classmates receive unlimited time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e4:o2:1
# text = A claim that all classmates receive unlimited time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
7	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | all classmates | a claim *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A refusal to speak until the request is granted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e4:o3:1
# text = A refusal to speak until the request is granted
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | a refusal *not said here* |  |  | until the request |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grant** | present · passive |  | a refusal |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A repeated demand made at the hour of bedtime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments:e4:o4:1
# text = A repeated demand made at the hour of bedtime
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a repeated demand *not said here* |  |  | hour |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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