Exam question 1 · Cooking is chemistry

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the browning of meat in a hot pan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: browning

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Cooking is chemistry» of the chemistry 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 browning	det
10	browning	browning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 meat	case
12	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 browning	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 pan	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pan	det
15	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pan	amod
16	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 meat	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the browning of meat in a hot pan				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A reaction between sugars and proteins producing new flavour molecules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reaction	det
2	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 sugars	case
4	sugars	sugar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reaction	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 proteins	cc
6	proteins	protein	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sugars	conj
7	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 proteins	acl
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 molecules	amod
9	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 molecules	compound
10	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 producing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	gerund	proteins not said here	new flavour molecules					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent molecule=Result

Option 2

The deposition of pigment from the pan upon the surface of the meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deposition	det
2	deposition	deposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pigment	case
4	pigment	pigment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deposition	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 pan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pan	det
7	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deposition	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 surface	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 surface	det
10	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deposition	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 meat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 meat	det
13	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depose		pigment			the pan		upon the surface of the meat	nom deposition «process intransitive»: of=agent from=place upon=obl

Option 3

A purely physical change wholly reversible on cooling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 change	det
2	purely	purely	ADV	_	3 physical	advmod
3	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 change	amod
4	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 reversible	advmod
6	reversible	reversible	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 cooling	case
8	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The rusting of iron contained in the meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rusting	det
2	rusting	rusting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 iron	case
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rusting	nmod
5	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rusting	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 meat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meat	det
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	participle		the rusting of iron not said here		the meat			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in meat=Location

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