Exam question 2 · Your amazing brain and senses

Identify the origin of the doctrine that the human being possesses precisely five senses.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, possess · To what, where: origin, five senses

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 doctrine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doctrine	det
6	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 human	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 human	det
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 possesses	nsubj
11	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 human	acl:relcl
12	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	13 five	advmod
13	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 senses	nummod
14	senses	sens	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 possesses	obj
15	.	.	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 origin of the doctrine					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme
2	possess	present		five senses					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sens=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A census conducted by physicians in the present century across all nations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 census	det
2	census	census	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 census	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 physicians	case
5	physicians	physician	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conducted	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 century	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 century	det
8	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 century	amod
9	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conducted	obl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 nations	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 nations	det
12	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conducted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	participle		a census not said here		all nations	century	by physicians	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by physician=Destination

Option 2

A regulation issued by an examination board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 regulation	det
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 regulation	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 board	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 board	det
6	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 board	compound
7	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 issued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		a regulation not said here				by a examination board	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by board=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An enumeration made by Aristotle more than two millennia ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 enumeration	det
2	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 enumeration	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Aristotle	case
5	Aristotle	Aristotle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl:agent
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 two	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 more	fixed
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 millennia	nummod
9	millennia	millennia	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl:unmarked
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	9 millennia	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle	a enumeration not said here	two millennia					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

A determination derived from modern brain scanning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 determination	det
2	determination	determination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 determination	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 scanning	case
5	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scanning	amod
6	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scanning	compound
7	scanning	scanning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 derived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	participle		a determination not said here		modern brain scanning			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from scanning=Material

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