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description: Identify the principal reason for which screens are set aside approximately one hour before retiring to bed. Exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Sleep and healthy eating» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 1 · Sleep and healthy eating

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Identify the principal reason for which screens are set aside approximately one hour before retiring to bed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, set, retire · **To what, where:** principal reason, screens

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Sleep and healthy eating» 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/80-sleep-and-healthy-eating/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which screens are set aside approximately one hour before retiring to bed.
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	9	obl	_	_
7	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	retiring	retire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	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 | **set** | present · passive |  | screens |  |  | hour | for the principal reason; aside *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for which=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **retire** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to bed | vn resign-10.11-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Their light and excitement render sleep harder to attain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:e1:o1:1
# text = Their light and excitement render sleep harder to attain
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	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	render	render	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	attain	attain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **light** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Screens consume too much electricity at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:e1:o2:1
# text = Screens consume too much electricity at 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	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	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 | much electricity |  |  | night |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Asset |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Their light causes the eyes to grow tired more quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:e1:o3:1
# text = Their light causes the eyes to grow tired more quickly
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	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Their light | the eyes |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition eye=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Their light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly, tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **light** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Screens cease to function late in the evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:80-sleep-and-healthy-eating:e1:o4:1
# text = Screens cease to function late in the evening
1	Screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
5	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | Screens |  |  |  | evening | late *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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