Exam question 4 · Milk, cheese and yoghurt

Ascertain the reason for which milk, unlike water, is liable to boil over.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, be, boil over · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 milk	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 milk	det
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 water	punct
8	unlike	unlike	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 milk	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 liable	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 liable	cop
12	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 boil	mark
14	boil	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 liable	csubj
15	over	over	ADV	_	14 boil	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason	for which milk and water	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition reason=Theme for milk=Beneficiary
2	is	present	you not said here		liable property	tree rules
3	boil over	to-infinitive			over property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

A surface skin retains steam until it forces the milk over the edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 skin	det
2	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skin	compound
3	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retains	nsubj
4	retains	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retains	obj
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 forces	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forces	nsubj
8	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 retains	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 milk	det
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retains	obj
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 edge	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 edge	det
13	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present	a surface skin	steam		the edge	until forces		tree rules

Option 2

Milk contains dissolved gas introduced at the dairy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gas	amod
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gas	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 dairy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dairy	det
8	dairy	dairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 introduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	contain	present	Milk	dissolved gas		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gas=Theme
2	dissolve	participle				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	introduce	participle		dissolved gas not said here	the dairy	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Milk boils at a temperature far below that of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	nsubj
2	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 temperature	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 temperature	det
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	obl
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 that	advmod
7	below	below	ADP	_	8 that	case
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 temperature	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present	Milk			a temperature below that			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Milk is lighter than water and rises spontaneously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lighter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lighter	cop
3	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lighter	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rises	cc
7	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lighter	conj
8	spontaneously	spontaneously	ADV	_	7 rises	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Milk					than water; light property	tree rules
2	rise	present	Milk not said here					spontaneously property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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