Exam question 2 · The brain, nerves and the five senses

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the sense of taste.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, sense · To what, where: response, sense, taste

This is exam question 2 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	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 sense	det
13	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 taste	case
15	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sense	nmod
16	.	.	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 sense of taste		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sense=Experiencer
5	sense			taste		nom sense «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

Each taste is detected solely in its own region of the tongue

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	4 detected	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 detected	aux:pass
4	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 detected	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 region	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 region	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 region	amod
9	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 detected	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 tongue	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tongue	det
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 region	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present · passive		each taste		taste's own region of the tongue		solely property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

Sweetness is detected solely at the tip of the tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 detected	aux:pass
3	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 detected	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 detected	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 tongue	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tongue	det
10	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	present · passive		Sweetness		the tip of the tongue		solely property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

Bitterness is detected solely at the back and the sides of the tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detected	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 detected	aux:pass
3	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 detected	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 back	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 detected	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sides	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sides	det
10	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 back	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tongue	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tongue	det
13	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sides	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Every taste may be detected by taste buds across the whole tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 taste	det
2	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 detected	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 detected	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 detected	aux:pass
5	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 buds	case
7	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buds	compound
8	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 detected	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	12 tongue	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tongue	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tongue	amod
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 detected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	may · passive	taste buds	every taste		the whole tongue			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

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