--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Senses of animals: how they see, hear… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the advantage of eyes positioned on the sides of the head? Exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/79-senses-of-animals/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/) / [Senses of animals: how they see, hear…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/79-senses-of-animals/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the advantage of eyes positioned on the sides of the head? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, position · **To what, where:** advantage, eyes, sides This is exam question 1 of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» 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/79-senses-of-animals/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the advantage of eyes positioned on the sides of the head? 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 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 positioned position VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? 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 advantage of eyes | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **position** | participle | | eyes *not said here* | | the sides of the head | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on side=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They permit vision almost all around ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:e1:o1:1 # text = They permit vision almost all around 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 permit permit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 almost almost ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 around around ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | present | They | vision | | | | around *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They permit vision in total darkness ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:e1:o2:1 # text = They permit vision in total darkness 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 permit permit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | present | They | vision | | total darkness | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vision=Theme in darkness=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They permit the accurate judging of distance ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:e1:o3:1 # text = They permit the accurate judging of distance 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 permit permit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 accurate accurate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 judging judging NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | present | They | the accurate judging of distance | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judging=Theme | | 2 | **judge** | | | distance | | | | | nom judging «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They permit vision of ultraviolet light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:e1:o4:1 # text = They permit vision of ultraviolet light 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 permit permit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 ultraviolet ultraviolet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **permit** | present | They | vision of ultraviolet light | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vision=Theme | **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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