Exam question 1 · The brain, nerves and the five senses

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of messages along the nerves?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, transmit · To what, where: transmission, messages

This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world 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	10 transmission	det
10	transmission	transmission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 messages	case
12	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 transmission	nmod
13	along	along	ADP	_	15 nerves	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 nerves	det
15	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 messages	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the transmission of messages along the nerves	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	transmit		messages along the nerves		nom transmission «act 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

They are conveyed as sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conveyed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 sound	case
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive		They				as sound	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 2

They are conveyed by the movement of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conveyed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 movement	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 movement	det
6	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 air	case
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 movement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive	the movement of air	They					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	move			air					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are conveyed as minute electrical signals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conveyed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 minute	case
5	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl
6	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 signals	amod
7	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conveyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive		They			minute		tree rules

Option 4

They are conveyed by the flow of blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conveyed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conveyed	aux:pass
3	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 flow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flow	det
6	flow	flow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveyed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 blood	case
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive	the flow of blood	They					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	flow		blood						nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent

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