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title: argh ice cream headache. how do i stop it?? — The brain and nerves · tree and pragmatics
description: argh ice cream headache. how do i stop it?? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · The brain and nerves

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argh ice cream headache. how do i stop it??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** stop · **To what, where:** headache

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «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/68-the-brain-and-nerves/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:1
# text = argh ice cream headache. how do i stop it??
1	argh	argh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · do-support | i | headache |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stand on your head till it goes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o1:1
# text = Stand on your head till it goes
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | your head |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location |
| 2 | **go** | present | head |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Slow down and warm the roof of your mouth, it soon passes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o2:1
# text = Slow down and warm the roof of your mouth, it soon passes
1	Slow	slow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	warm	warm	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **warm** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the roof of your mouth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |
| 3 | **pass** | present | roof |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eat more ice cream even faster to freeze the headache out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o3:1
# text = Eat more ice cream even faster to freeze the headache out
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | more ice cream |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |
| 2 | **freeze out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the headache |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient headache=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It lasts all day and nothing helps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:68-the-brain-and-nerves:t8:o4:1
# text = It lasts all day and nothing helps
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
7	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | present | all day |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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