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title: In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his… — Senses: nose, tongue and skin · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his mouth. What is really happening when we eat chilli? Test 2 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; Mov
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# Test 2 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

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In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his mouth. What is really happening when we eat chilli?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon, real flames, we · **What happens:** eat, shoot, happen · **To what, where:** chilli, cartoon, mouth

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This is test 2 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a dragon eats a chilli and real flames shoot out of his mouth.
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	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chilli	chilli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shoot	shoot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a dragon | a chilli |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chilli=Patient |
| 2 | **shoot** | present | real flames |  |  | dragon's mouth |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent out mouth=Destination |

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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 really happening when we eat chilli?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t2:2
# text = What is really happening when we eat chilli?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	chilli	chilli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | we | chilli |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chilli=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Chillies are full of tiny sparks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t2:o1:1
# text = Chillies are full of tiny sparks
1	Chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sparks	spark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chillies |  |  |  |  | of tiny sparks; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chillies make the stomach catch fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t2:o2:1
# text = Chillies make the stomach catch fire
1	Chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Chillies | the catch fire |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chillies really heat the mouth up to the temperature of boiling water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t2:o3:1
# text = Chillies really heat the mouth up to the temperature of boiling water
1	Chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	heat	heat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat up** | present | Chillies | the mouth |  |  |  | to the temperature of boiling water *result* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient to temperature=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Capsaicin tricks heat sensors, so it feels hot but nothing burns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t2:o4:1
# text = Capsaicin tricks heat sensors, so it feels hot but nothing burns
1	Capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heat	heat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | Capsaicin tricks | sensors |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | it |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **burn** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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