--- title: Ascertain the organ chiefly responsible for informing the brain of t… — Balance: the centre of gravity · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the organ chiefly responsible for informing the brain of the inclination of the body. Exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Balance: the centre of gravity» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Balance: the centre of gravity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Balance: the centre of gravity Ascertain the organ chiefly responsible for informing the brain of the inclination of the body. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, body · **What happens:** ascertain, inform, incline · **To what, where:** organ, brain This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Balance: the centre of gravity» of the physics 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/physics/8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the organ chiefly responsible for informing the brain of the inclination of the body. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 chiefly chiefly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 informing inform VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 inclination inclination NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the organ | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent organ=Topic | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | you *not said here* | the brain of the inclination of the body | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brain=Recipient | | 3 | **incline** | | the body | | | | | | nom inclination «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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} The skin of the feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:e4:o1:1 # text = The skin of the feet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The stomach ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:e4:o2:1 # text = The stomach 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:e4:o3:1 # text = The lungs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The inner ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:8-balance-the-centre-of-gravity:e4:o4:1 # text = The inner ear 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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