Exam question 4 · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics

Identify the principal reason for which dizziness is felt after spinning.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, feel, spin · To what, where: principal reason, dizziness

This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 felt	obl
7	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 felt	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 felt	aux:pass
9	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 spinning	mark
11	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 felt	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	feel	present · passive		dizziness	for the principal reason	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for which=Theme
3	spin	gerund				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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

The eyes have been damaged by light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eyes	det
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 damaged	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 damaged	aux:pass
5	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 light	case
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present · perfect · passive	light	the eyes					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The fluid of the inner ear continues to move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fluid	det
2	fluid	fluid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 continues	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ear	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ear	det
5	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ear	amod
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fluid	nmod
7	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 move	mark
9	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 continues	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	the fluid of the inner ear						vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	move	to-infinitive	the fluid of the inner ear not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The muscles of the legs are fatigued

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 muscles	det
2	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fatigued	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 legs	det
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 muscles	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fatigued	aux:pass
7	fatigued	fatigue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fatigue	present · passive		the muscles of the legs					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

The blood has ceased to flow to the head while turning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blood	det
2	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ceased	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ceased	aux
4	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 flow	mark
6	flow	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ceased	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 head	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flow	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 turning	mark
11	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 flow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cease	present · perfect · passive	the blood		tree rules
2	flow	to-infinitive		to the head	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn	gerund			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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