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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon termed inattentional blindness? Exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon termed inattentional blindness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phenomenon · **What happens:** follow, characteris, term · **To what, where:** inattentional blindness

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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/everyday/11-eyes-up/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon termed inattentional blindness?
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	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	inattentional	inattentional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	blindness	blindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **term** | past | the phenomenon | inattentional blindness |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blindness=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The failure to perceive something in plain view because attention is directed elsewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e1:o1:1
# text = The failure to perceive something in plain view because attention is directed elsewhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
13	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | to-infinitive | the failure | something |  | plain view |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 2 | **direct** | present · passive |  | attention |  |  |  | elsewhere *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The deliberate closing of the eyes when a person is frightened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e1:o2:1
# text = The deliberate closing of the eyes when a person is frightened
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present · passive |  | a person |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **close** |  |  | the eyes |  |  |  |  | nom closing «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The inability to perceive colours in conditions of dim light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e1:o3:1
# text = The inability to perceive colours in conditions of dim light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	inability	inability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | to-infinitive |  | colours |  | conditions of dim light |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | dim light |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The total loss of sight occasioned by excessive use of screens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e1:o4:1
# text = The total loss of sight occasioned by excessive use of screens
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	total	total	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | participle |  | the total loss of sight *not said here* |  |  |  | by excessive use of screens | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** |  |  | screens |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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