Exam question 4 · Senses: eyes and ears

Ascertain the cause of the sensation of dizziness experienced upon ceasing to spin.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, cease, spin, cause, sense · To what, where: cause, sensation, dizziness

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sensation	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sensation	det
6	sensation	sensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 dizziness	case
8	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sensation	nmod
9	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sensation	amod
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 ceasing	mark
11	ceasing	cease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 experienced	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 spin	mark
13	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ceasing	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the cause of the sensation of dizziness	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
2	cease	gerund	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	spin	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	cause			the sensation of dizziness	nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
5	sense			dizziness	nom sensation «cognition 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

Blood ceases to reach the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reach	mark
4	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceases	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eyes	det
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Blood						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	reach	to-infinitive	Blood not said here	the eyes					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

Option 2

The eardrum is displaced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eardrum	det
2	eardrum	eardrum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 displaced	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 displaced	aux:pass
4	displaced	displace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	displace	present · passive		the eardrum					tree rules

Option 3

The cochlea is temporarily filled with air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	present · passive		the cochlea				with air; temporarily property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with air=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Fluid within the inner ear continues to move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continues	nsubj
2	within	within	ADP	_	5 ear	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ear	det
4	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ear	amod
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fluid	nmod
6	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 move	mark
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 continues	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	Fluid within the inner ear						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	move	to-infinitive	Fluid within the inner ear not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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