Exam question 4 · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

Determine which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of ordinary cola.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: determine, follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: ordinary cola

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 consistent	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 statements	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 statements	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 statements	amod
6	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consistent	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consistent	cop
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 facts	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 facts	det
11	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 facts	amod
12	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consistent	obl
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 facts	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cola	det
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 cola	aux
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 cola	case
17	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cola	amod
18	cola	cola	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
5	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a ordinary cola		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cola=Experiencer

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

It contains approximately seven teaspoons of sugar

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	4 seven	advmod
4	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 teaspoons	nummod
5	teaspoons	teaspoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contains	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sugar	case
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teaspoons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	seven teaspoons of sugar					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teaspoon=Theme

Option 2

It contains no sugar whatsoever

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 sugar	det
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 contains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no sugar				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme

Option 3

It contains approximately one teaspoon of sugar

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 teaspoon	nummod
5	teaspoon	teaspoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sugar	case
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teaspoon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	one teaspoon of sugar					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teaspoon=Theme

Option 4

It contains sweeteners only and no sugar

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sweeteners	sweetener	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contains	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 sugar	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sugar	cc
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 sugar	det
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	sweeteners				no sugar obl	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sweetener=Theme

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