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title: You hold your nose and eat a slice of apple and a slice of raw potat… — The brain, nerves and the five senses · tree and pragmatics
description: You hold your nose and eat a slice of apple and a slice of raw potato. Why is it hard to tell them apart? Test 2 · ★ 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 c
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# Test 2 · ★ · The brain, nerves and the five senses

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You hold your nose and eat a slice of apple and a slice of raw potato. Why is it hard to tell them apart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** hold, eat, slice, be, tell · **To what, where:** nose, slice, apple, raw potato · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You hold your nose and eat a slice of apple and a slice of raw potato.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t2:1
# text = You hold your nose and eat a slice of apple and a slice of raw potato.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | You | your nose |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | You *not said here* | a slice of apple and a slice of raw potato |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Patient |
| 3 | **slice** |  |  | apple and a slice of raw potato |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **slice** |  |  | raw potato |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 it hard to tell them apart?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t2:2
# text = Why is it hard to tell them apart?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | apple |  |  | apart *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The tongue cannot sense anything when the nose is closed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t2:o1:1
# text = The tongue cannot sense anything when the nose is closed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	sense	sense	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sense** | can | the tongue | anything |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
| 2 | **close** | present · passive |  | the nose |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Apple and potato are made of the same thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t2:o2:1
# text = Apple and potato are made of the same thing
1	Apple	Apple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Apple and potato |  |  |  | of the same thing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Holding the nose stops the teeth chewing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t2:o3:1
# text = Holding the nose stops the teeth chewing
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | the nose |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | Holding | the teeth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **chew** | gerund | Holding *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Without smell, much of their flavour is lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:34-brain-nerves-senses:t2:o4:1
# text = Without smell, much of their flavour is lost
1	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | smell |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **flavour** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom flavour «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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