Exam question 4 · Cooking is chemistry

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the storage of cooked rice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, cook, store · To what, where: response, storage, cooked rice

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 storage	det
13	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 rice	case
15	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 rice	amod
16	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 storage	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the storage of cooked rice		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus storage=Experiencer
5	cook	participle				vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	store			cooked rice		nom storage «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 · ← Mova's choice

It should be stored in a warm place to preserve its softness, refrigeration rendering it hard and unfit for consumption

The tree, 20 words

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	4 stored	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stored	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 stored	aux:pass
4	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stored	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 preserve	mark
10	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stored	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 softness	nmod:poss
12	softness	softness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preserve	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 refrigeration	punct
14	refrigeration	refrigeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 softness	conj
15	rendering	render	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 refrigeration	acl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 rendering	obj
17	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rendering	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 unfit	cc
19	unfit	unfit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hard	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 consumption	case
21	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preserve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	store	should · passive		It	a warm place		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in place=Location
2	preserve	to-infinitive		place's softness and refrigeration		for consumption	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent softness=Beneficiary
3	render	gerund	refrigeration not said here	refrigeration		hard property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It may be kept at room temperature indefinitely

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	4 kept	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	aux:pass
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 temperature	case
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 temperature	compound
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
8	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	4 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	may · passive		It		room temperature		indefinitely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at temperature=Location

Option 3

It becomes poisonous upon refrigeration

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	2 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 becomes	xcomp
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 refrigeration	case
5	refrigeration	refrigeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poisonous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	It					poisonous property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It should be cooled promptly and refrigerated, certain germs multiplying rapidly at room temperature

The tree, 14 words

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	4 cooled	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cooled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cooled	aux:pass
4	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	4 cooled	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refrigerated	cc
7	refrigerated	refrigerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cooled	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 germs	punct
9	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 germs	amod
10	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cooled	obl
11	multiplying	multiply	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 germs	acl
12	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	11 multiplying	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 temperature	case
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 temperature	compound
15	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 multiplying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cool	should · passive		It		certain germs obl; promptly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	refrigerate	participle					tree rules
3	multiply	gerund	certain germs not said here		room temperature	rapidly property	vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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