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title: Identify the principal reason for which food appears tasteless when… — Senses: nose, tongue and skin · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which food appears tasteless when the nasal passages are obstructed. Exam question 1 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 1 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

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Identify the principal reason for which food appears tasteless when the nasal passages are obstructed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, food · **What happens:** identify, appear, obstruct · **To what, where:** principal reason, nasal passages

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which food appears tasteless when the nasal passages are obstructed.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
9	tasteless	tasteless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	nasal	nasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	passages	passage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	obstructed	obstruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** | present | food |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; tasteless *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **obstruct** | present · passive |  | the nasal passages |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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The food loses its chemical content

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e1:o1:1
# text = The food loses its chemical content
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | the food | food's chemical content |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent content=Eventuality |

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

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Flavour depends largely upon smell, which cannot reach the smell cells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e1:o2:1
# text = Flavour depends largely upon smell, which cannot reach the smell cells
1	Flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | Flavour |  |  |  |  | upon smell; largely *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **reach** | can | smell | the smell cells |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cell=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The saliva is no longer produced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e1:o3:1
# text = The saliva is no longer produced
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saliva	saliva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	no	no	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | the saliva |  |  |  | long *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The taste buds cease to function whenever the nasal passages are obstructed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e1:o4:1
# text = The taste buds cease to function whenever the nasal passages are obstructed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	buds	bud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	function	function	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nasal	nasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	passages	passage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	obstructed	obstruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the taste buds |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **function** | to-infinitive | the taste buds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **obstruct** | present · passive |  | the nasal passages |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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