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title: Which of the following is designated by the term reflex? — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is designated by the term reflex? Exam question 4 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's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · The brain, nerves and the five senses

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Which of the following is designated by the term reflex?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** following · **What happens:** follow, designate

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e4:1
# text = Which of the following is designated by the term reflex?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	reflex	reflex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **designate** | present · passive | following |  |  |  |  | by the term reflex | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |

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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 {#o1}

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A deliberate decision made after reflection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e4:o1:1
# text = A deliberate decision made after reflection
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A memory of a past event

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e4:o2:1
# text = A memory of a past event
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dream occurring during sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e4:o3:1
# text = A dream occurring during sleep
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	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 | **occur** | gerund | a dream *not said here* |  |  |  | during sleep |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A rapid, automatic action such as withdrawing the hand from heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:e4:o4:1
# text = A rapid, automatic action such as withdrawing the hand from heat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	withdrawing	withdraw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | gerund | a rapid automatic action *not said here* | the hand |  | heat |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme from heat=Initial\_Location |

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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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