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description: In a game your hero tastes poison and the bitter warning shows on screen. Why is a bitter taste useful in real life? Test 9 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 
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# Test 9 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin

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In a game your hero tastes poison and the bitter warning shows on screen. Why is a bitter taste useful in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hero, bitter warning, bitter taste · **What happens:** taste, show, be · **To what, where:** poison, game, screen, real life

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game your hero tastes poison and the bitter warning shows on screen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t9:1
# text = In a game your hero tastes poison and the bitter warning shows on screen.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present | your hero | poison |  | a game |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in game=Location |
| 2 | **show** | present | the bitter warning |  |  | screen |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is a bitter taste useful in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t9:2
# text = Why is a bitter taste useful in real life?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a bitter taste |  |  | real life |  | useful *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Many poisons are bitter, so bitterness can warn us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t9:o1:1
# text = Many poisons are bitter, so bitterness can warn us
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	poisons	poison	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Many poisons |  |  |  |  | bitter *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | can | bitterness |  | us |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bitter means the food is sweet inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t9:o2:1
# text = Bitter means the food is sweet inside
1	Bitter	bitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	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	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bitter |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the food |  |  |  |  | inside, sweet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bitter things are always healthy, so we should eat more of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t9:o3:1
# text = Bitter things are always healthy, so we should eat more of them
1	Bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bitter things |  |  |  |  | always, healthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | should | we | more of things |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bitter taste makes food go down faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t9:o4:1
# text = Bitter taste makes food go down faster
1	Bitter	bitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Bitter taste | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go down** | infinitive | food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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