Exam question 3 · Bread rising: yeast at work

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the staling of bread?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, stale · To what, where: staling bread

This is exam question 3 of lesson 21 «Bread rising: yeast at work» 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	12 bread	det
10	staling	stale	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 bread	compound
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 staling	obl
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the staling bread	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	stale	gerund			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

Yeast consumes the remaining bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeast	yeast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	nsubj
2	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bread	det
4	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bread	amod
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	Yeast	the remaining bread					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Asset

Option 2

Air introduces additional water into the loaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduces	nsubj
2	introduces	introduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduces	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 loaf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loaf	det
7	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	present	Air	additional water		the loaf			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3

Mould converts the bread into stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mould	mould	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bread	det
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 stone	case
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	Mould	the bread				into stone result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent bread=Patient into stone=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Starch gradually realigns and expels water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starch	starch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 realigns	nsubj
2	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	3 realigns	advmod
3	realigns	realign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 expels	cc
5	expels	expel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 realigns	conj
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expels	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	realign	present	Starch					gradually property	tree rules
2	expel	present	Starch not said here	water					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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