Exam question 2 · The brain and nerves

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the control of the body by the cerebral hemispheres?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: control

This is exam question 2 of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 control	det
10	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 body	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 body	det
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 control	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 hemispheres	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hemispheres	det
16	cerebral	cerebral	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hemispheres	compound
17	hemispheres	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the control of the body				of the following statements; by the cerebral hemispheres; accurately property	tree rules

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

Each hemisphere principally governs the same side of the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 hemisphere	det
2	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 governs	nsubj
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	4 governs	advmod
4	governs	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 governs	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present	each hemisphere	the same side of the body				principally property	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Each hemisphere principally governs the opposite side of the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 hemisphere	det
2	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 governs	nsubj
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	4 governs	advmod
4	governs	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 governs	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 body	det
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present	each hemisphere	the opposite side of the body				principally property	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 3

The hemispheres govern no movement whatever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hemispheres	det
2	hemispheres	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 govern	nsubj
3	govern	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 movement	det
5	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 govern	obj
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 govern	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present	the hemispheres	no movement					tree rules

Option 4

The left hemisphere alone governs movement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hemisphere	det
2	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hemisphere	amod
3	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 governs	nsubj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 hemisphere	advmod
5	governs	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 governs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present	the left hemisphere	movement					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent movement=Theme

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