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title: A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button. Why m… — The human body deeper: the brain and n… · tree and pragmatics
description: A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button. Why might it work a bit? Test 7 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 7 · The human body deeper: the brain and nerves

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A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button. Why might it work a bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** robot, you · **What happens:** tickle, press, work · **To what, where:** you, button, bit

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This is test 7 of lesson 260 «The human body deeper: the brain and nerves» 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/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:1
# text = A robot tickles you a short moment after you press its button.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tickles	tickle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	press	press	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tickle** | present | a robot | you |  |  | moment |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Experiencer |
| 2 | **press** | present | you | robot's button |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=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:* Why might it work a bit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:2
# text = Why might it work a bit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | might | robot | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Electricity tickles on its own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o1:1
# text = Electricity tickles on its own
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tickles	tickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The delay makes the touch less predictable for your brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o2:1
# text = The delay makes the touch less predictable for your brain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	predictable	predictable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the delay | the touch |  |  |  | for your brain; predictable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent touch=Product for brain=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Robots have special tickly fingers made of feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o3:1
# text = Robots have special tickly fingers made of feathers
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	tickly	tickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Robots | special tickly fingers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | special tickly fingers *not said here* |  |  |  | of feathers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Buttons make the skin softer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves:t7:o4:1
# text = Buttons make the skin softer
1	Buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	softer	soft	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Buttons | the skin |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material skin=Product |

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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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