A blown pupil usually refers to a pupil that is completely dilated and no longer responding to light.
It constricts (gets smaller) to let less light in.
When a light is shined into an eye the pupil contracts gets smaller because the eye doesn't need all the light being presented to it. If the light is taken away the pupil dilates. PS like the eye...
It constricts (gets smaller).
If the pupil of the eye did not work, than your eye could not regulate light entering it.