Exam question 4 · The brain, nerves and the five senses

Which of the following is designated by the term reflex?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: following · What happens: follow, designate

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 designated	csubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 designated	aux:pass
6	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 reflex	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reflex	det
9	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reflex	compound
10	reflex	reflex	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 designated	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	designate	present · passive	following					by the term reflex	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»

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

A deliberate decision made after reflection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 decision	det
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 decision	amod
3	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 decision	acl
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 reflection	case
6	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

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

Option 2

A memory of a past event

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 memory	det
2	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 event	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 event	det
5	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 event	amod
6	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 memory	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A dream occurring during sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dream	det
2	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dream	acl
4	during	during	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	gerund	a dream not said here				during sleep		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

A rapid, automatic action such as withdrawing the hand from heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 action	det
2	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 rapid	punct
4	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	8 withdrawing	mark
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	withdrawing	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 action	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hand	det
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdrawing	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 heat	case
12	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 withdrawing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	gerund	a rapid automatic action not said here	the hand		heat			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme from heat=Initial_Location

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