--- title: Identify the principal means by which prolonged sitting is best coun… — Posture and eyes for sporty kids · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal means by which prolonged sitting is best counteracted. Exam question 1 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/e1/) [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/) / [Posture and eyes for sporty kids](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Posture and eyes for sporty kids Identify the principal means by which prolonged sitting is best counteracted. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** identify, mean, prolong, sit, counteract · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 58 «Posture and eyes for sporty kids» 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/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal means by which prolonged sitting is best counteracted. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 prolonged prolong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 11 advmod _ _ 11 counteracted counteract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | the principal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **prolong** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **counteract** | present · passive | | | | | | well *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.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} The acquisition of a specialised and costly gaming chair ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e1:o1:1 # text = The acquisition of a specialised and costly gaming chair 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 acquisition acquisition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 specialised specialis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 gaming gaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specialis** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **acquire** | | | a specialised gaming chair | | | | | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Reclining further into the seat ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e1:o2:1 # text = Reclining further into the seat 1 Reclining recline VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 further further ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recline** | gerund | | | | the seat | | further *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Remaining entirely motionless ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e1:o3:1 # text = Remaining entirely motionless 1 Remaining remain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | gerund | | | | | | entirely, motionless *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Frequent movement and changes of position ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e1:o4:1 # text = Frequent movement and changes of position 1 Frequent frequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | | position | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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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