Exam question 1 · Senses: eyes and ears

Identify the function of the iris in the regulation of vision.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, regulate · To what, where: function, vision

This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 iris	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 iris	det
6	iris	iris	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 regulation	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 regulation	det
9	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 iris	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 vision	case
11	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 regulation	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the function of the iris in the regulation of vision					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	regulate			vision					nom regulation «communication 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

It produces tears

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	2 produces	nsubj
2	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 produces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	It	tears					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Result

Option 2

It perceives colour

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	2 perceives	nsubj
2	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perceives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	It	colour					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It adjusts the diameter of the pupil according to the light

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	2 adjusts	nsubj
2	adjusts	adjust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 diameter	det
4	diameter	diameter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adjusts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pupil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 diameter	nmod
8	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 light	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 according	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 light	det
11	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adjusts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adjust	present	It	the diameter of the pupil				accord the light	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diameter=Patient
2	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It forms the inverted image upon the retina at the rear of the eye

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	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 image	det
4	inverted	invert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 image	amod
5	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 retina	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 retina	det
8	retina	retina	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 rear	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rear	det
11	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retina	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 eye	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 eye	det
14	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	the inverted image				upon the retina at the rear of the eye	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location image=Theme
2	invert	participle							vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

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