Exam question 2 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

It is asserted that each region of the tongue perceives a single basic taste. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: region, you · What happens: assert, perceive, select, establish · To what, where: It, single basic taste, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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 each region of the tongue perceives a single basic taste.

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	_	10 perceives	mark
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 region	det
6	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perceives	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tongue	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tongue	det
9	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 region	nmod
10	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 taste	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 taste	amod
13	basic	basic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 taste	amod
14	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perceives	obj
15	.	.	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	perceive	present	each region of the tongue	a single basic taste					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus

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 bearing taste buds perceive all five

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	_	11 perceive	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 regions	det
7	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 perceive	nsubj
8	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 regions	acl
9	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 buds	compound
10	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bearing	obj
11	perceive	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 false	parataxis
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 five	advmod
13	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 perceive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion		false property	tree rules
2	bear	gerund	all regions not said here	taste buds		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Patient
3	perceive	present	all regions	five		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer five=Stimulus

Option 2

The assertion is true without exception in all persons of whatever age

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 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 exception	case
6	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 persons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 persons	det
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exception	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 whatever	case
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 persons	appos
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 whatever	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the assertion					without exception in all persons; true property	tree rules

Option 3

The assertion is true in adults only

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 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 true	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 adults	advmod

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

Option 4

The assertion is true for sweetness only

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 true	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 sweetness	case
6	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 sweetness	advmod

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

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