Exam question 2 · Senses: eyes and ears
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the blind spot of the human eye?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: blind spot
This is exam question 2 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 | 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 | 11 spot | det |
| 10 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spot | amod |
| 11 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 eye | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 eye | det |
| 14 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 eye | amod |
| 15 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spot | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | 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 blind spot of the human eye | of the following statements; 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
It is located at the front surface 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 | 3 located | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 located | aux:pass |
| 3 | located | locate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 surface | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 surface | det |
| 6 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 surface | amod |
| 7 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 located | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 eye | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 eye | det |
| 10 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 surface | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locate | present · passive | It | the front surface of the eye | tree rules |
Option 2
It is a defect present only in the elderly
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 | 5 present | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 present | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 present | det |
| 4 | defect | defect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 present | compound |
| 5 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 elderly | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 elderly | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 elderly | det |
| 9 | elderly | elderly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 present | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a defect present | the elderly | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a region of damage caused by prolonged exposure to bright sunlight
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 | 4 region | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 region | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 region | det |
| 4 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 damage | case |
| 6 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 region | nmod |
| 7 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 region | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 exposure | case |
| 9 | prolonged | prolong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 exposure | amod |
| 10 | exposure | exposure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caused | obl:agent |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 sunlight | case |
| 12 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sunlight | amod |
| 13 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a region | of damage | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cause | participle | a region not said here | to bright sunlight | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to sunlight=Patient | ||||
| 3 | prolong | participle | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is the region devoid of light cells where the optic nerve departs
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 | 5 devoid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 devoid | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 region | det |
| 4 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 devoid | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | devoid | devoid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 cells | case |
| 7 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cells | compound |
| 8 | cells | cell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 devoid | obl |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 departs | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 nerve | det |
| 11 | optic | optic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 nerve | amod |
| 12 | nerve | nerve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 departs | nsubj |
| 13 | departs | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cells | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | of light cells; the region obl:unmarked; devoid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | depart | present | the optic nerve | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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