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Exam question 2 · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

It is given that confectionery with a rough surface is introduced into diet cola. Select the statement most accurately characterising the resulting fountain.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: give, introduce, select, characteris, result · To what, where: It, confectionery, diet cola, statement, resulting fountain

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» 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 confectionery with a rough surface is introduced into diet cola.

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	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 confectionery	det
5	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 introduced	nsubj:pass
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 surface	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 surface	det
8	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 surface	amod
9	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confectionery	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 introduced	aux:pass
11	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	parataxis
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 cola	case
13	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cola	compound
14	cola	cola	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 introduced	obl
15	.	.	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	introduce	present · passive		that confectionery with a rough surface		diet cola			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Select the statement most accurately characterising the resulting fountain.

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 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 accurately	advmod
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterising	advmod
6	characterising	characteris	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 statement	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fountain	det
8	resulting	result	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fountain	amod
9	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterising	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	characteris	gerund	the statement not said here	the resulting fountain				accurately property	tree rules
3	result	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It results principally from very rapid bubble formation upon the rough surface

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 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	8 formation	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 formation	case
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 rapid	advmod
6	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 formation	amod
7	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 formation	compound
8	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 surface	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 surface	det
11	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 surface	amod
12	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 formation	nmod

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

Option 2

It results from the melting of the confectionery into vapour

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 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 melting	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 melting	det
5	melting	melting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 confectionery	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 confectionery	det
8	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 melting	nmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 vapour	case
10	vapour	vapour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt			the confectionery					nom melting «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It results from the magnetic attraction of the sweets

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 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 attraction	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 attraction	det
5	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 attraction	amod
6	attraction	attraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sweets	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sweets	det
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attraction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract			the sweets					nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It results principally from a chemical reaction producing an entirely new gas

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 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	7 reaction	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 reaction	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reaction	det
6	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reaction	amod
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
8	producing	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 reaction	acl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 gas	det
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 new	advmod
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gas	amod
12	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 producing	obj

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

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