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title: got a cold n food tastes of nothing, how come — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics
description: got a cold n food tastes of nothing, how come Test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · The brain, nerves and the five senses

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got a cold n food tastes of nothing, how come

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** taste, come · **To what, where:** cold n food

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «The brain, nerves and the five senses» of the world 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/world/34-brain-nerves-senses/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t11:1
# text = got a cold n food tastes of nothing, how come
1	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past · passive |  | a cold n food |  |  |  | of nothing | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **come** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 cold kills the taste buds for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t11:o1:1
# text = The cold kills the taste buds for good
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	buds	bud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | the cold | the taste buds |  |  |  | for good | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Most flavour comes from smell, and a blocked nose cannot smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t11:o2:1
# text = Most flavour comes from smell, and a blocked nose cannot smell
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Most flavour |  |  | smell |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from smell=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **block** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **not** **smell** | can | a blocked nose |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The tongue stops working for the whole cold every time you sneeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t11:o3:1
# text = The tongue stops working for the whole cold every time you sneeze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the tongue |  |  |  | time |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | the tongue *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the whole cold | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for cold=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **sneeze** | present | you | every time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Germs eat the taste of the food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t11:o4:1
# text = Germs eat the taste of the food
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	taste	taste	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	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Germs | the taste of the food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient |
| 2 | **taste** |  |  | the food |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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