Exam question 3 · Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, ea…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sensation of dizziness experienced upon cessation of rotation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, experience, sense, cease · To what, where: response, sensation, dizziness, rotation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 362 «Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, earwax and dizziness» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sensation	det
11	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 dizziness	case
13	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sensation	nmod
14	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 dizziness	acl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 cessation	case
16	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 experienced	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 rotation	case
18	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cessation	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the sensation of dizziness		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sensation=Experiencer
4	experience	participle		dizziness not said here	upon cessation of rotation	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
5	sense			dizziness		nom sensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
6	cease			rotation		nom cessation «event 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The blood within the feet continues to circulate in a circle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continues	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 feet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 feet	det
5	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 blood	nmod
6	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 circulate	mark
8	circulate	circulate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 continues	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 circle	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 circle	det
11	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 circulate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	the blood within the feet						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	circulate	to-infinitive	the blood within the feet not said here			a circle			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Location

Option 2

The eyeballs continue to rotate within their sockets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eyeballs	det
2	eyeballs	eyeball	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 continue	nsubj
3	continue	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rotate	mark
5	rotate	rotate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 continue	xcomp
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 sockets	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sockets	nmod:poss
8	sockets	socket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rotate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	the eyeballs						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	rotate	to-infinitive	the eyeballs not said here					within eyeballs's sockets	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The fluid within the semicircular canals of the inner ear continues in motion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fluid	det
2	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 continues	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	6 canals	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 canals	det
5	semicircular	semicircular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 canals	amod
6	canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fluid	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 ear	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ear	det
9	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ear	amod
10	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 canals	nmod
11	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 motion	case
13	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 continues	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	the fluid within the semicircular canals of the inner ear			motion			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The ground beneath the subject undergoes rotation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ground	det
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undergoes	nsubj
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 subject	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 subject	det
5	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ground	nmod
6	undergoes	undergo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undergoes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undergo	present	the ground beneath the subject	rotation					tree rules

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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