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title: Ascertain the position of the eyes upon a typical human head. — Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing wha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the position of the eyes upon a typical human head. Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see

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Ascertain the position of the eyes upon a typical human head.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** position

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the position of the eyes upon a typical human head.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	typical	typical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the position of the eyes |  |  |  | upon a typical human head | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Upon the uppermost quarter of the forehead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e4:o1:1
# text = Upon the uppermost quarter of the forehead
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	uppermost	uppermost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Approximately halfway between the crown and the chin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e4:o2:1
# text = Approximately halfway between the crown and the chin
1	Approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Immediately beneath the crown of the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e4:o3:1
# text = Immediately beneath the crown of the head
1	Immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  |  | the head |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Immediately above the chin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see:e4:o4:1
# text = Immediately above the chin
1	Immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	above	above	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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**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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