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# Exam question 3 · Senses: eyes and ears

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It is asserted that the consumption of carrots confers vision in darkness. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** consumption, you · **What happens:** assert, confer, consume, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, vision, darkness, carrots, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» 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/69-senses-eyes-and-ears/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is asserted that the consumption of carrots confers vision in darkness.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:e3:1
# text = It is asserted that the consumption of carrots confers vision in darkness.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	confers	confer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **confer** | present | the consumption of carrots | vision |  | darkness |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **consume** |  |  | carrots |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The assertion is true for children only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:e3:o1:1
# text = The assertion is true for children only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | for children; true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The assertion is true without qualification

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:e3:o2:1
# text = The assertion is true without qualification
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	qualification	qualification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | without qualification; true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The assertion is false, although vitamin A is needed for vision in dim light

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:e3:o3:1
# text = The assertion is false, although vitamin A is needed for vision in dim light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | false *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present · passive |  | a vitamin |  | dim light |  | for vision | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The assertion is true of carrots cooked and consumed shortly before nightfall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:e3:o4:1
# text = The assertion is true of carrots cooked and consumed shortly before nightfall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assertion |  |  |  |  | of carrots; true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | participle |  | carrots *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **consume** | participle |  |  |  |  | before nightfall | shortly *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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