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title: Whereas a child is observed sleepwalking, ascertain the conduct cust… — Screens, eyes and sleep · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a child is observed sleepwalking, ascertain the conduct customarily advised. Exam question 4 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 was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Screens, eyes and sleep

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Whereas a child is observed sleepwalking, ascertain the conduct customarily advised.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** observe, ascertain, advise · **To what, where:** sleepwalking, conduct

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e4:1
# text = Whereas a child is observed sleepwalking, ascertain the conduct customarily advised.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	sleepwalking	sleepwalking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present · passive |  | sleepwalking |  |  |  | whereas a child | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: sleepwalking=Topic |
| 2 | **ascertain** | infinitive |  | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 3 | **advise** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | customarily *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gentle guidance of the child back to bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e4:o1:1
# text = Gentle guidance of the child back to bed
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** |  |  | the child |  |  |  |  | nom guidance «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Application of cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e4:o2:1
# text = Application of cold water
1	Application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** |  | cold water |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Confinement in a locked room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e4:o3:1
# text = Confinement in a locked room
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Abrupt awakening by shouting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:35-screens-eyes-and-sleep:e4:o4:1
# text = Abrupt awakening by shouting
1	Abrupt	abrupt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	awakening	awaken	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **awaken** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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