Exam question 1 · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

Identify the agent responsible for the rising of bread dough.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bread dough · What happens: identify, rise · To what, where: agent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 agent	det
3	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 rising	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rising	det
7	rising	rising	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dough	case
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dough	compound
10	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rising	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the agent				responsible property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme
2	rise		bread dough						nom rising «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

Option 1

The expansion of flour upon contact with the heat of the oven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expansion	det
2	expansion	expansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 flour	case
4	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expansion	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 contact	case
6	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expansion	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 heat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heat	det
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contact	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 oven	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 oven	det
12	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expand			flour				upon contact with the heat of the oven	nom expansion «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl
2	heat		the oven						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

A chemical reaction of salt with water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reaction	det
2	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reaction	amod
3	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 salt	case
5	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reaction	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salt	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	react		salt with water						nom reaction «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Air introduced by the windmill during the grinding of the grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Air	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 windmill	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 windmill	det
5	windmill	windmill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduced	obl
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 grinding	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grinding	det
8	grinding	grinding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduced	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 grain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grain	det
11	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grinding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	participle		Air not said here			during the grinding of the grain	by the windmill	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeast, a microscopic fungus that liberates gas upon consuming sugar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeast	yeast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fungus	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fungus	det
4	microscopic	microscopic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fungus	amod
5	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yeast	appos
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 liberates	nsubj
7	liberates	liberate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fungus	acl:relcl
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 liberates	obj
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 consuming	mark
10	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 liberates	advcl
11	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consuming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	liberate	present	a microscopic fungus	gas					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme
2	consume	gerund	a microscopic fungus not said here	sugar					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Asset

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