--- title: Ascertain the principal reason for which protective eyewear is recom… — Posture and eyes for sporty kids · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the principal reason for which protective eyewear is recommended in squash. Exam question 4 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 right. --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Posture and eyes for sporty kids Ascertain the principal reason for which protective eyewear is recommended in squash. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, recommend · **To what, where:** principal reason, protective eyewear, squash This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the principal reason for which protective eyewear is recommended in squash. 1 Ascertain ascertain 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 10 obl _ _ 7 protective protective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 eyewear eyewear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 recommended recommend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 squash squash NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **recommend** | present · passive | | protective eyewear | | squash | | for the principal reason | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for which=Attribute | 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 {#o1} The ball travels very slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e4:o1:1 # text = The ball travels very slowly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present | the ball | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The rules prohibit spectacles of any kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e4:o2:1 # text = The rules prohibit spectacles of any kind 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prohibit prohibit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | infinitive | the rules | spectacles of any kind | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer spectacle=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The ball is small enough to enter the eye socket ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e4:o3:1 # text = The ball is small enough to enter the eye socket 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 socket socket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the ball | | | | | enough, small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | the ball *not said here* | the eye socket | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme socket=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} The ball is too large to cause injury ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids:e4:o4:1 # text = The ball is too large to cause injury 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the ball | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | to-infinitive | the ball *not said here* | injury | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient | **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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