--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of messages along the nerves? Exam question 1 of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/e1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The brain, nerves and the five senses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The brain, nerves and the five senses Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of messages along the nerves? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, transmit · **To what, where:** transmission, messages This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world 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/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the transmission of messages along the nerves? 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 transmission transmission NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 along along ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nerves nerve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 transmission of messages along the nerves | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **transmit** | | | messages along the nerves | | | | | nom transmission «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} They are conveyed as sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e1:o1:1 # text = They are conveyed as sound 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present · passive | | They | | | | as sound | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are conveyed by the movement of air ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e1:o2:1 # text = They are conveyed by the movement of air 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present · passive | the movement of air | They | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 2 | **move** | | | air | | | | | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are conveyed as minute electrical signals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e1:o3:1 # text = They are conveyed as minute electrical signals 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 electrical electrical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present · passive | | They | | | minute | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are conveyed by the flow of blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e1:o4:1 # text = They are conveyed by the flow of blood 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flow flow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present · passive | the flow of blood | They | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 2 | **flow** | | blood | | | | | | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent | **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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