Exam question 3 · Your amazing brain and senses

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the perception of taste upon the tongue.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, perceive · To what, where: response, perception, taste

This is exam question 3 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 perception	det
13	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 taste	case
15	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perception	nmod
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 tongue	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tongue	det
18	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the perception of taste	upon the tongue	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus perception=Experiencer
5	perceive			taste		nom perception «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 · ✓ the right answer

Each taste may be perceived wherever taste buds are present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 taste	det
2	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perceived	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 perceived	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 perceived	aux:pass
5	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	10 present	advmod
7	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buds	compound
8	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 present	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 present	cop
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 perceived	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	may · passive		each taste					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	is	present	taste buds					present, wherever property	tree rules

Option 2

Bitterness is perceived exclusively at the sides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 perceived	aux:pass
3	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 perceived	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 sides	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sides	det
7	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 perceived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present · passive		Bitterness		the sides		exclusively property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

Sweetness is perceived exclusively at the tip, bitterness at the rear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 perceived	aux:pass
3	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 perceived	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 tip	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tip	det
7	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bitterness	punct
9	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tip	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 rear	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rear	det
12	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present · passive		Sweetness		the tip and bitterness		at the rear; exclusively property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

Saltiness is perceived exclusively at the rear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saltiness	saltiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 perceived	aux:pass
3	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 perceived	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 rear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rear	det
7	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present · passive		Saltiness		the rear		exclusively property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

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