Exam question 2 · Milk, cheese and yoghurt
It is given that cream is agitated vigorously for a prolonged period. Select the outcome most consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, agitate, prolong, select, establish · To what, where: It, cream, outcome
This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «Milk, cheese and yoghurt» 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 cream is agitated vigorously for a prolonged period.
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 cream | det |
| 5 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 agitated | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 agitated | aux:pass |
| 7 | agitated | agitate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | ccomp |
| 8 | vigorously | vigorously | ADV | _ | 7 agitated | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 period | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 period | det |
| 11 | prolonged | prolong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 period | amod |
| 12 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 agitated | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | agitate | present · passive | that cream | for a prolonged period; vigorously property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | prolong | participle | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
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 outcome most consistent with the established facts.
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 outcome | det |
| 3 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 consistent | advmod |
| 5 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | ccomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 facts | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 facts | det |
| 8 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 facts | amod |
| 9 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 consistent | obl |
| 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 outcome | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1
The cream becomes sour through the action of rennet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cream | det |
| 2 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | nsubj |
| 3 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sour | sour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 becomes | xcomp |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 action | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 action | det |
| 7 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 rennet | case |
| 9 | rennet | rennet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 action | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | the cream | the action of rennet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sour | present | the cream not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | act | rennet | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
The cream evaporates entirely into the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cream | det |
| 2 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 evaporates | nsubj |
| 3 | evaporates | evaporate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 3 evaporates | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 air | det |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 evaporates | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | evaporate | present | the cream | the air | entirely property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The fat droplets coalesce into butter, leaving buttermilk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 droplets | det |
| 2 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 droplets | compound |
| 3 | droplets | droplet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 coalesce | nsubj |
| 4 | coalesce | coalesce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 butter | case |
| 6 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coalesce | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 leaving | punct |
| 8 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 coalesce | advcl |
| 9 | buttermilk | buttermilk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leaving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coalesce | present | the fat droplets | into butter | vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent into butter=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | the fat droplets not said here | buttermilk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buttermilk=Theme |
Option 4
The cream is converted into cheese and whey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cream | det |
| 2 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 converted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 converted | aux:pass |
| 4 | converted | convert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 cheese | case |
| 6 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 converted | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 whey | cc |
| 8 | whey | whey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cheese | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | convert | present · passive | the cream | into cheese and whey result | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into cheese=Result |
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