--- title: What would happen if your iris could not change the pupil's size? — Senses: eyes and ears · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if your iris could not change the pupil's size? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/69-senses-eyes-and-ears/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Senses: eyes and ears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/69-senses-eyes-and-ears/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Senses: eyes and ears What would happen if your iris could not change the pupil's size? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** iris · **What happens:** happen, not change · **To what, where:** size This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 69 «Senses: eyes and ears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t3:1 # text = What would happen if your iris could not change the pupil's size? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 iris iris NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | your iris | the pupil's size | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient | 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} You would only see in black and white, like an old film on television ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t3:o1:1 # text = You would only see in black and white, like an old film on television 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 television television NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | would | You | | | black | | like a old film on television | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} You could not see at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t3:o2:1 # text = You could not see at all 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | could | You | | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Bright light would dazzle you and dim light would be harder to see in ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t3:o3:1 # text = Bright light would dazzle you and dim light would be harder to see in 1 Bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dazzle dazzle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dazzle** | would | Bright light | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | would | dim light | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see in** | to-infinitive | dim light *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, the pupil does not matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:69-senses-eyes-and-ears:t3:o4:1 # text = Nothing, the pupil does not matter 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | the pupil | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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. 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