--- title: Ascertain the agent which calms the burning sensation produced by ca… — Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, f… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the agent which calms the burning sensation produced by capsaicin most effectively. Exam question 4 of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/e4/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and s… Ascertain the agent which calms the burning sensation produced by capsaicin most effectively. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, agent · **What happens:** ascertain, calm, burn, produce · **To what, where:** agent, burning sensation This is exam question 4 of lesson 288 «Plants we eat: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds» of the biology 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/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the agent which calms the burning sensation produced by capsaicin most effectively. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 calms calm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 sensation sensation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 capsaicin capsaicin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 effectively effectively ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the agent | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent agent=Topic | | 2 | **calm** | present | the agent | the burning sensation | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sensation=Experiencer | | 3 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **produce** | participle | | the burning sensation *not said here* | | | | by capsaicin; effectively *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Water ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:e4:o1:1 # text = Water 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:e4:o2:1 # text = Milk 1 Milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Common salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:e4:o3:1 # text = Common salt 1 Common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sugar ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds:e4:o4:1 # text = Sugar 1 Sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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