--- title: Identify the activity which research suggests diminishes the risk of… — Screens, eyes and sleep · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the activity which research suggests diminishes the risk of short sight developing in childhood. Exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/35-screens-eyes-and-sleep/e3/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Screens, eyes and sleep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/35-screens-eyes-and-sleep/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Screens, eyes and sleep Identify the activity which research suggests diminishes the risk of short sight developing in childhood. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, research, activity, short sight · **What happens:** identify, suggest, diminish, develop, risk · **To what, where:** risk, childhood, short sight This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Screens, eyes and sleep» of the medicine 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/medicine/35-screens-eyes-and-sleep/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e3:1 # text = Identify the activity which research suggests diminishes the risk of short sight developing in childhood. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 activity activity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 5 det _ _ 5 research research NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 suggests suggest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 diminishes diminish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 developing develop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | which research | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **diminish** | present | the activity | the risk of short sight | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer risk=Patient | | 4 | **develop** | gerund | short sight *not said here* | | | childhood | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in childhood=Location | | 5 | **risk** | | | short sight | | | | | nom risk «state transitive»: of=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 {#o1} Viewing screens at close range ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e3:o1:1 # text = Viewing screens at close range 1 Viewing view VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 screens screen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **view** | gerund | | screens | | close range | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer screen=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Reading in dim light ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e3:o2:1 # text = Reading in dim light 1 Reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | | | dim light | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wearing tinted spectacles indoors ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e3:o3:1 # text = Wearing tinted spectacles indoors 1 Wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 tinted tint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 indoors indoors ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | gerund | | tinted spectacles | | | | indoors *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent spectacle=Source | | 2 | **tint** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Time spent outdoors in daylight ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e3:o4:1 # text = Time spent outdoors in daylight 1 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 3 outdoors outdoors ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | participle | | Time *not said here* | | daylight | | outdoors *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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