Exam question 4 · Eyes and ears deeper: glasses, colour blindness, tears, ea…

Ascertain the reason for which the practice of reading in the rear of a moving vehicle is apt to induce nausea.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, practice · What happens: ascertain, move, be, induce, practice · To what, where: reason, nausea, reading, rear

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 apt	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 practice	det
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 apt	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 reading	case
9	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 rear	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rear	det
12	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 vehicle	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 vehicle	det
15	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 vehicle	amod
16	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rear	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 apt	cop
18	apt	apt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reason	acl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 induce	mark
20	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 apt	csubj
21	nausea	nausea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 induce	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	move	gerund					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the practice of reading in the rear of a moving vehicle			for the reason; apt property	tree rules
4	induce	to-infinitive		nausea			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nausea=Patient
5	practice			reading	the rear of a moving vehicle		nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient in=place

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 seat belt compresses the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 belt	det
2	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belt	compound
3	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 compresses	nsubj
4	compresses	compress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stomach	det
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 compresses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compress	present	the seat belt	the stomach					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient

Option 2

The paper of the book emits a nauseating odour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paper	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 emits	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 book	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paper	nmod
6	emits	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 odour	det
8	nauseating	nauseate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 odour	amod
9	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 emits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	the paper of the book	a nauseating odour					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source odour=Theme
2	nauseate	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The air within the vehicle is wholly consumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 vehicle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vehicle	det
5	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 air	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consumed	aux:pass
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	8 consumed	advmod
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		the air within the vehicle				wholly property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The organs of balance perceive motion whilst the eyes report stillness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 organs	det
2	organs	organ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 perceive	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 balance	case
4	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 organs	nmod
5	perceive	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perceive	obj
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	10 report	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eyes	det
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 report	nsubj
10	report	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perceive	advcl
11	stillness	stillness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 report	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	the organs of balance	motion					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer motion=Stimulus
2	report	present	the eyes	stillness					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stillness=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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