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Exam question 3 · The brain and nerves

It is asserted that human beings employ merely ten percent of the brain. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: human beings, you · What happens: assert, employ, select, establish · To what, where: It, ten percent, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is asserted that human beings employ merely ten percent of the brain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asserted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	aux:pass
3	asserted	assert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 employ	mark
5	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beings	amod
6	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 employ	nsubj
7	employ	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	advcl
8	merely	merely	ADV	_	9 ten	advmod
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 percent	nummod
10	percent	percent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employ	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 brain	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brain	det
13	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 percent	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asserted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert	present · passive		It					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	employ	present	human beings	ten percent of the brain					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent percent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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	3 response	amod
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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The assertion is false; all regions are employed, though not at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 false	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	cop
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 employed	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 regions	det
7	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 employed	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 employed	aux:pass
9	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 false	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 once	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 once	mark
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 once	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 employed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					false property	tree rules
2	employ	present · passive		all regions				once property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The assertion is correct for adults but not for children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	cop
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 correct	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 children	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 children	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					for adults but children; correct property	tree rules

Option 3

The assertion is correct during sleep alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	cop
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 sleep	case
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 correct	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion				during sleep	alone, correct property	tree rules

Option 4

The assertion is correct for the left hemisphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 correct	cop
4	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 hemisphere	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hemisphere	det
7	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hemisphere	amod
8	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 correct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					for the left hemisphere; correct property	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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