Exam question 3 · Cooking is chemistry
It is given that fresh pineapple has been added to a jelly mixture. Ascertain the probable consequence.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, add, ascertain · To what, where: It, fresh pineapple, probable consequence
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that fresh pineapple has been added to a jelly mixture.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 added | mark |
| 5 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pineapple | amod |
| 6 | pineapple | pineapple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 added | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 added | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 added | aux:pass |
| 9 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 mixture | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 mixture | det |
| 12 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mixture | compound |
| 13 | mixture | mixture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 added | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | add speech: assert | present · perfect · passive | fresh pineapple | to a jelly mixture | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to mixture=Co-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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the probable consequence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 consequence | det |
| 3 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consequence | amod |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the probable consequence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The jelly turns to ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jelly | det |
| 2 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | nsubj |
| 3 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | the jelly | ice | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ice=Trajectory |
Option 2
The jelly acquires a sweeter flavour alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jelly | det |
| 2 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acquires | nsubj |
| 3 | acquires | acquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flavour | det |
| 5 | sweeter | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 flavour | amod |
| 6 | flavour | flavour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 acquires | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 3 acquires | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acquire | present | the jelly | a sweeter flavour | alone property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset flavour=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The jelly fails to set, the gelatine being broken down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jelly | det |
| 2 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fails | nsubj |
| 3 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 set | mark |
| 5 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fails | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 broken | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gelatine | det |
| 8 | gelatine | gelatine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 broken | aux:pass |
| 10 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fails | conj |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 broken | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present | the jelly | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | not set | to-infinitive | the jelly not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | break down | gerund · passive | the gelatine | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The jelly sets more firmly and more rapidly than usual
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 jelly | det |
| 2 | jelly | jelly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sets | nsubj |
| 3 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 firmly | advmod |
| 5 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 3 sets | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 sets | cc |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 rapidly | advmod |
| 8 | rapidly | rapidly | ADV | _ | 3 sets | advmod |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 usual | case |
| 10 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rapidly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | the jelly | firmly, rapidly property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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