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olfaction

Who acts: act, Dogs, Olfaction, cold, food, Sharks · What happens: smell, sense, rely, be, block, make · To what, where: smell, more, olfaction, one, food, strong olfaction

«olfaction» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: olfaction in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

The sense of smell, or the act of smelling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sense	det
2	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 smell	case
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 act	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 act	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 act	det
8	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sense	appos
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 smelling	mark
10	smelling	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 act	acl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sense	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	gerund	the act not said here						vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sense			smell					nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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.

Example 1

Dogs rely on olfaction far more than humans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rely	nsubj
2	rely	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 olfaction	case
4	olfaction	olfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rely	obl
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 rely	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 humans	case
8	humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 more	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rely	present	Dogs	more		olfaction			tree rules

Example 2

Olfaction is one of the five senses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Olfaction	olfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 senses	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 senses	det
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 senses	nummod
7	senses	sens	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Olfaction	one				of the five senses	tree rules

Example 3

A cold can block olfaction and make food taste bland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cold	det
2	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 block	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 block	aux
4	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	olfaction	olfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 block	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 block	conj
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
9	taste	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	bland	bland	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 taste	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 block	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	can	a cold	olfaction					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer olfaction=Theme
2	make	present	a cold not said here	food					tree rules
3	taste	infinitive	food not said here					bland property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Sharks have strong olfaction for detecting blood in the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 olfaction	amod
4	olfaction	olfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 detecting	mark
6	detecting	detect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 have	advcl
7	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 detecting	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 detecting	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Sharks	strong olfaction					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olfaction=Patient
2	detect	gerund	Sharks not said here	blood		the water			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus

Example 5

Scientists study olfaction to understand how memories link to smells.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 study	nsubj
2	study	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	olfaction	olfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 study	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 understand	mark
5	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 study	xcomp
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 link	advmod
7	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 link	nsubj
8	link	link	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 understand	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 smells	case
10	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 link	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 study	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	present	Scientists	olfaction					tree rules
2	understand	to-infinitive	Scientists not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	link	present	memories					to smells	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to smell=Co-Patient

Example 6

Moths use olfaction to find flowers at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	olfaction	olfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 use	advcl
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 find	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Moths	olfaction					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olfaction=Patient
2	find	to-infinitive	Moths not said here	flowers			night		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Topic

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. 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 meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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