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title: Identify the origin of the doctrine that the human being possesses p… — Your amazing brain and senses · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the origin of the doctrine that the human being possesses precisely five senses. Exam question 2 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Your amazing brain and senses

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Identify the origin of the doctrine that the human being possesses precisely five senses.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, possess · **To what, where:** origin, five senses

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e2:1
# text = Identify the origin of the doctrine that the human being possesses precisely five senses.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	nsubj	_	_
11	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	senses	sens	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the origin of the doctrine |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | present |  | five senses |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sens=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 {#o1}

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A census conducted by physicians in the present century across all nations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e2:o1:1
# text = A census conducted by physicians in the present century across all nations
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	physicians	physician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | participle |  | a census *not said here* |  | all nations | century | by physicians | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by physician=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A regulation issued by an examination board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e2:o2:1
# text = A regulation issued by an examination board
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | participle |  | a regulation *not said here* |  |  |  | by a examination board | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by board=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An enumeration made by Aristotle more than two millennia ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e2:o3:1
# text = An enumeration made by Aristotle more than two millennia ago
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Aristotle	Aristotle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	millennia	millennia	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle | a enumeration *not said here* | two millennia |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A determination derived from modern brain scanning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:e2:o4:1
# text = A determination derived from modern brain scanning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	scanning	scanning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | participle |  | a determination *not said here* |  | modern brain scanning |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from scanning=Material |

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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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