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description: Identify the principal physiological effect of an intensely competitive video game played immediately prior to sleep. Exam question 1 of lesson 57 «Gaming nights and the morning after» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 1 · Gaming nights and the morning after

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Identify the principal physiological effect of an intensely competitive video game played immediately prior to sleep.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal physiological effect · **What happens:** identify, play, sleep · **To what, where:** principal physiological effect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 57 «Gaming nights and the morning after» 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/57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal physiological effect of an intensely competitive video game played immediately prior to sleep.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	physiological	physiological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	intensely	intensely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	competitive	competitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
12	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	xcomp	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 physiological effect |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent effect=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | past | the principal physiological effect *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of a competitive video game; prior *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | the principal physiological effect *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The reduction of the heart rate to its minimum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:e1:o1:1
# text = The reduction of the heart rate to its minimum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	minimum	minimum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** |  |  | the heart rate |  |  |  | to rate's minimum | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The immediate induction of deep sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:e1:o2:1
# text = The immediate induction of deep sleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	induction	induction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induct** |  |  | deep sleep |  |  |  |  | nom induction «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No effect of any description

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:e1:o3:1
# text = No effect of any description
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **effect** |  |  | any description |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The release of adrenaline, which delays the onset of sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:57-gaming-nights-and-the-morning-after:e1:o4:1
# text = The release of adrenaline, which delays the onset of sleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	adrenaline	adrenaline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	delays	delay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	onset	onset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delay** | present | the release of adrenaline | the onset of sleep |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent onset=Source |

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