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title: "why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it… — Acids in the kitchen · tree and pragmatics
description: "why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it". What's going on? Test 10 of lesson 15 «Acids in the kitchen» of the chemistry 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 10 · Acids in the kitchen

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"why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it". What's going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** curry, tomato · **What happens:** sting, be, go on · **To what, where:** ulcer, mouth, curry · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 15 «Acids in the kitchen» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t10:1
# text = "why's my curry stinging the ulcer in my mouth? there's tomato in it".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	curry	curry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	csubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ulcer	ulcer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my curry | the ulcer |  | my mouth |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ulcer=Experiencer |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | tomato |  |  | curry; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

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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's going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t10:2
# text = What's going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tomatoes are full of hot chilli

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t10:o1:1
# text = Tomatoes are full of hot chilli
1	Tomatoes	tomato	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	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chilli	chilli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Acidic food like tomato makes a mouth sore sting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t10:o2:1
# text = Acidic food like tomato makes a mouth sore sting
1	Acidic	acidic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Acidic food like tomato | a mouth |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mouth=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The curry is too salty for the sore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t10:o3:1
# text = The curry is too salty for the sore
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curry	curry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sore	sore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the curry |  |  |  |  | for the sore; salty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Curry contains formic acid from the ants in the spices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:15-acids-in-the-kitchen:t10:o4:1
# text = Curry contains formic acid from the ants in the spices
1	Curry	curry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	formic	formic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | Curry | formic acid |  | the ants in the spices |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acid=Theme |

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