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title: «where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area. What is… — The Asian forest area: giant pandas, r… · tree and pragmatics
description: «where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area. What is the answer? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 107 «The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs and sun bears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs an…

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«where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area. What is the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** popcorn smell, answer · **What happens:** be, come · **To what, where:** Asian area

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 107 «The Asian forest area: giant pandas, red pandas, tapirs and sun bears» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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/biology/107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears:t8:1
# text = «where's the popcorn smell coming from??» at the Asian area.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Asian	Asian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the popcorn smell |  |  | the Asian area |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | the popcorn smell *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears:t8:2
# text = What is the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A binturong marking its paths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears:t8:o1:1
# text = A binturong marking its paths
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	binturong	binturong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	marking	mark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	paths	path	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | gerund | a binturong *not said here* | binturong's paths |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent path=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The café next door is making popcorn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears:t8:o2:1
# text = The café next door is making popcorn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · progressive | the café and next door | popcorn |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset popcorn=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The red panda eating corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears:t8:o3:1
# text = The red panda eating corn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	panda	panda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund | the red panda *not said here* | corn |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A peacock fluffing its feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears:t8:o4:1
# text = A peacock fluffing its feathers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fluffing	fluff	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fluff** | gerund | a peacock *not said here* | peacock's feathers |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

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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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