--- title: Identify the recommended position of a screen relative to the person… — Posture, screens and resting your eyes · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the recommended position of a screen relative to the person observing it. Exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/8-posture-and-screens/e2/) [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/) / [Posture, screens and resting your eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/8-posture-and-screens/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Posture, screens and resting your eyes Identify the recommended position of a screen relative to the person observing it. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, recommend, observe · **To what, where:** recommended position, position This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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/8-posture-and-screens/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:e2:1 # text = Identify the recommended position of a screen relative to the person observing it. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 recommended recommend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 relative relative NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 observing observe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the recommended position of a screen relative to the person | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent position=Theme | | 2 | **recommend** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **observe** | gerund | the person *not said here* | position | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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} Approximately an arm's length distant, its upper edge near the level of the eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:e2:o1:1 # text = Approximately an arm's length distant, its upper edge near the level of the eyes 1 Approximately approximately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} As close to the face as possible, its upper edge below the chin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:e2:o2:1 # text = As close to the face as possible, its upper edge below the chin 1 As as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 below below ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Directly above the head, upon the ceiling ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:e2:o3:1 # text = Directly above the head, upon the ceiling 1 Directly directly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 above above ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Far beneath the level of the knees, upon the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:8-posture-and-screens:e2:o4:1 # text = Far beneath the level of the knees, upon the floor 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` 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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