Exam question 3 · Browning apples, rotting and mould

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of freezing upon germs in meat?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, effect · To what, where: effect, freezing

This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» 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	10 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 freezing	case
12	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effect	nmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 germs	case
14	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 effect	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 meat	case
16	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 germs	nmod
17	?	?	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 effect of freezing	of the following statements; upon germs in meat; accurately property	tree rules
3	effect		freezing	upon germs in meat	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

Growth is almost halted, but most germs are not killed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 halted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 halted	aux:pass
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	4 halted	advmod
4	halted	halt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 killed	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 killed	cc
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 germs	amod
8	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 killed	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 killed	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 killed	advmod
11	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 halted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	halt	present · passive		Growth				almost property	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2	not kill	present · passive		most germs					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Germs multiply more rapidly at low temperature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 multiply	nsubj
2	multiply	multiply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 rapidly	advmod
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	2 multiply	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 temperature	case
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temperature	amod
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 multiply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	multiply	present	Germs			low temperature		rapidly property	vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

All germs are destroyed instantaneously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 germs	det
2	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 destroyed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 destroyed	aux:pass
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	_	4 destroyed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	present · passive		all germs				instantaneously property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Freezing renders meat safe without cooking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	compound
2	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 meat	compound
3	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	nsubj
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 cooking	case
6	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	obl

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

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