--- title: Identify the principal cause of the odour associated with perspiring… — Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal cause of the odour associated with perspiring feet. Exam question 1 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath/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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath Identify the principal cause of the odour associated with perspiring feet. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, associate, perspire, cause · **To what, where:** principal cause, odour This is exam question 1 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» 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/356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal cause of the odour associated with perspiring feet. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 odour odour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 perspiring perspire VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal cause of the odour | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme | | 2 | **associate** | participle | | the odour *not said here* | | | | with perspiring feet | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with foot=Co-Patient | | 3 | **perspire** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cause** | | | the odour | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} The perspiration as it is first secreted ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:e1:o1:1 # text = The perspiration as it is first secreted 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 perspiration perspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 secreted secrete VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **secrete** | present · passive | | the perspiration as it | | | | first *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The action of bacteria which consume the perspiration ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:e1:o2:1 # text = The action of bacteria which consume the perspiration 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bacteria bacterium NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 consume consume VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 perspiration perspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consume** | present | bacteria | the perspiration | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perspiration=Asset | | 2 | **act** | | bacteria | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The toenails as they age ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:e1:o3:1 # text = The toenails as they age 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toenails toenail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 age age VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **age** | present | toenails *= toenail* | the toenails *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent toenail=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The decomposition of the stockings ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:e1:o4:1 # text = The decomposition of the stockings 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 decomposition decomposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stockings stocking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decompose** | | | the stockings | | | | | nom decomposition «cognition transitive»: of=patient | **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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