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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sensation produced by capsaicin? Exam question 3 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 choice 
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# Exam question 3 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sensation produced by capsaicin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, produce · **To what, where:** sensation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sensation produced by capsaicin?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sensation	sensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the sensation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **produce** | participle |  | the sensation *not said here* |  |  |  | by capsaicin | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It raises the temperature of the mouth to boiling point

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e3:o1:1
# text = It raises the temperature of the mouth to boiling point
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | It | the temperature of the mouth |  | boiling point |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme to point=Destination |

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

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It activates the sensors for heat without raising the temperature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e3:o2:1
# text = It activates the sensors for heat without raising the temperature
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	activates	activate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	raising	raise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **activate** | present | It | the sensors |  |  |  | for heat | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient |
| 2 | **raise** | gerund |  | the temperature |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It destroys the taste buds upon contact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e3:o3:1
# text = It destroys the taste buds upon contact
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	destroys	destroy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	buds	bud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | present | It | the taste buds |  |  |  | upon contact | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument bud=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It activates the sensors for cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:e3:o4:1
# text = It activates the sensors for cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	activates	activate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **activate** | present | It | the sensors |  |  |  | for cold | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient |

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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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