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title: In a cartoon a skunk's smell is shown as a green cloud, and Tom's sw… — Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a skunk's smell is shown as a green cloud, and Tom's sweaty socks make flowers wilt and flies drop dead. What is the truth about sweaty socks? Test 5 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Test 5 · Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath

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In a cartoon a skunk's smell is shown as a green cloud, and Tom's sweaty socks make flowers wilt and flies drop dead. What is the truth about sweaty socks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, flowers, skunk, truth · **What happens:** show, be, drop, smell · **To what, where:** smell

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This is test 5 of lesson 356 «Nails, sweat and smells: smelly feet, armpits and bad breath» 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/356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a skunk's smell is shown as a green cloud, and Tom's sweaty socks make flowers wilt and flies drop dead.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon a skunk's smell is shown as a green cloud, and Tom's sweaty socks make flowers wilt and flies drop dead.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skunk	skunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	sweaty	sweaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
21	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
22	wilt	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
25	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
26	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · passive |  | a skunk's smell |  |  |  | as a green cloud; in a cartoon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in cartoon=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Tom |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **drop** | present | flowers and flies |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **smell** |  | a skunk |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 truth about sweaty socks?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:t5:2
# text = What is the truth about sweaty socks?
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	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sweaty	sweaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 truth about sweaty socks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sweaty socks can kill small animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:t5:o1:1
# text = Sweaty socks can kill small animals
1	Sweaty	sweaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | can | Sweaty socks | small animals |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The smell is from bacteria and is unpleasant, but it does not kill flowers or flies

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:t5:o2:1
# text = The smell is from bacteria and is unpleasant, but it does not kill flowers or flies
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bacteria	bacteria	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the smell |  |  | bacteria |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the smell *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unpleasant *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **kill** | present · do-support | smell | flowers or flies |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sock smell really is green and poisonous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:t5:o3:1
# text = Sock smell really is green and poisonous
1	Sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sock smell *not said here* |  |  |  |  | green *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Sock smell *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The smell comes from the socks themselves, not from bacteria

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:356-nails-sweat-and-smells-smelly-feet-armpits-and-bad-breath:t5:o4:1
# text = The smell comes from the socks themselves, not from bacteria
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the smell |  |  | the socks  socks |  | from bacteria | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from sock=Initial\_Location from bacterium=Destination |

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