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title: Why does a blind person read Braille with their fingertips and not t… — Senses: nose, tongue and skin · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a blind person read Braille with their fingertips and not their elbow? Test 7 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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 right.
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# Test 7 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

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Why does a blind person read Braille with their fingertips and not their elbow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** blind person · **What happens:** read · **To what, where:** Braille

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This is test 7 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t7:1
# text = Why does a blind person read Braille with their fingertips and not their elbow?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	Braille	Braille	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present · do-support | a blind person | Braille |  |  |  | with their fingertips and fingertips's elbow | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent braille=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 {#o1}

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Elbows have no skin on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t7:o1:1
# text = Elbows have no skin on them
1	Elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Elbows | no skin |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Elbows are too far away from the eyes and the brain to read with them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t7:o2:1
# text = Elbows are too far away from the eyes and the brain to read with them
1	Elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Elbows |  |  | the eyes and the brain |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | Elbows *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Elbows *= elbow* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fingertips can see the dots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t7:o3:1
# text = Fingertips can see the dots
1	Fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | Fingertips | the dots |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dot=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Fingertips are packed with touch sensors and feel tiny dots apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t7:o4:1
# text = Fingertips are packed with touch sensors and feel tiny dots apart
1	Fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | present · passive |  | Fingertips |  |  |  | with touch sensors | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with sensor=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | present |  | tiny dots |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dot=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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