Exam question 4 · Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and y…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the production of yoghurt.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, produce · To what, where: response, production, yoghurt

This is exam question 4 of lesson 341 «Where milk comes from: cow to carton, cheese, butter and yoghurt» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 production	det
11	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 yoghurt	case
13	yoghurt	yoghurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 production	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the production of yoghurt		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus production=Experiencer
4	produce			yoghurt		nom production «act 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.

The options

Option 1

Milk is frozen and subsequently thawed so that it thickens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frozen	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frozen	aux:pass
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thawed	cc
5	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	6 thawed	advmod
6	thawed	thaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 frozen	conj
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 thickens	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thickens	nsubj
10	thickens	thicken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thawed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive		Milk		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	thaw	participle			subsequently property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	thicken	present	Milk			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Bacteria consume the sugar of milk kept at about forty degrees and produce acid that thickens it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consume	nsubj
2	consume	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sugar	det
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consume	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 milk	case
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sugar	nmod
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 milk	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 degrees	case
9	about	about	ADV	_	10 forty	advmod
10	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 degrees	nummod
11	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 produce	cc
13	produce	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 consume	conj
14	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 produce	obj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 thickens	nsubj
16	thickens	thicken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 acid	acl:relcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 thickens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	consume	present	Bacteria	the sugar of milk		vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Asset
2	keep	participle		milk not said here	forty degrees	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at degree=Location
3	produce	present	Bacteria not said here	acid		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acid=Result
4	thicken	present	acid	acid		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Flour and sugar are added to cold milk and stirred

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 added	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 sugar	cc
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Flour	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 added	aux:pass
5	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 milk	case
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 milk	amod
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 added	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stirred	cc
10	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 added	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · passive		Flour and sugar				to cold milk	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to milk=Co-Patient
2	stir	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Milk is boiled for several hours until all of its water is removed and the solid residue sets firmly in the pot

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boiled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	aux:pass
3	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 hours	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hours	amod
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 boiled	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 removed	mark
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 removed	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 water	nmod:poss
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 all	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 removed	aux:pass
13	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 boiled	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sets	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 residue	det
16	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 residue	amod
17	residue	residue	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sets	nsubj
18	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boiled	conj
19	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	18 sets	advmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 pot	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 pot	det
22	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present · passive		Milk		hour		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	remove	present · passive		all				vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	set	present	the solid residue		the pot		firmly property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pot=Destination

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