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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the utilisation of the human brain? Exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 1 · Your amazing brain and senses

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the utilisation of the human brain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, utilise · **To what, where:** utilisation, human brain

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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/myths/2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the utilisation of the human brain?
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	utilisation	utilisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 utilisation of the human brain |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **utilise** |  |  | the human brain |  |  |  |  | nom utilisation «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Virtually the entirety of the brain is employed, its regions active at differing times

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e1:o1:1
# text = Virtually the entirety of the brain is employed, its regions active at differing times
1	Virtually	virtually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
13	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | the entirety of the brain |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **differ** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One hemisphere remains wholly inactive throughout life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e1:o2:1
# text = One hemisphere remains wholly inactive throughout life
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	inactive	inactive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | One hemisphere |  |  |  |  | inactive *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Merely ten percent of the brain is employed at any time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e1:o3:1
# text = Merely ten percent of the brain is employed at any time
1	Merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | ten percent of the brain |  |  | time |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The brain ceases all activity during sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e1:o4:1
# text = The brain ceases all activity during sleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the brain | all activity |  |  | during sleep |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality activity=Eventuality |

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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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