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title: In a film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move thi… — Your amazing brain and senses · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move things with her mind. What's wrong with the idea? Test 3 · ★ 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 c
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# Test 3 · ★ · Your amazing brain and senses

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In a film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move things with her mind. What's wrong with the idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pill · **What happens:** let, use, move, mind, be · **To what, where:** hero, film, things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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/myths/2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move things with her mind.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t3:1
# text = In a film, a pill lets the hero "use 100% of her brain" and move things with her mind.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pill	pill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
20	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | a pill | the hero |  | a film |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent %=Patient |
| 3 | **move** | infinitive |  | things |  |  |  | with pill's mind | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 4 | **mind** |  | pill |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong with the idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t3:2
# text = What's wrong with the idea?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with the idea; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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We already use virtually all of our brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t3:o1:1
# text = We already use virtually all of our brain
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	virtually	virtually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | We | all |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, a pill like that could really do it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing, a pill like that could really do it
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pill	pill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | could |  | pill |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It should say half of your brain, not one hundred percent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t3:o3:1
# text = It should say half of your brain, not one hundred percent
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	percent	percent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | It | half of your brain and hundred percent |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only grown-up men are able to use their whole brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:2-your-amazing-brain-and-senses:t3:o4:1
# text = Only grown-up men are able to use their whole brain
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | grown men |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | grown men *not said here* | men's whole brain |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient |

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