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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the control of the body by the cerebral hemispheres? Exam question 2 of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · The brain and nerves

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the control of the body by the cerebral hemispheres?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** control

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 68 «The brain and nerves» of the biology 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/biology/68-the-brain-and-nerves/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the control of the body by the cerebral hemispheres?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	cerebral	cerebral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	hemispheres	hemisphere	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **characteris** | present |  | the control of the body |  |  |  | of the following statements; by the cerebral hemispheres; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Each hemisphere principally governs the same side of the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:e2:o1:1
# text = Each hemisphere principally governs the same side of the body
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	governs	govern	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | present | each hemisphere | the same side of the body |  |  |  | principally *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent side=Theme |

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

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Each hemisphere principally governs the opposite side of the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:e2:o2:1
# text = Each hemisphere principally governs the opposite side of the body
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	governs	govern	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | present | each hemisphere | the opposite side of the body |  |  |  | principally *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent side=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The hemispheres govern no movement whatever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:e2:o3:1
# text = The hemispheres govern no movement whatever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hemispheres	hemisphere	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	govern	govern	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | present | the hemispheres | no movement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The left hemisphere alone governs movement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:e2:o4:1
# text = The left hemisphere alone governs movement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	governs	govern	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | present | the left hemisphere | movement |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent movement=Theme |

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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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