Exam question 1 · Soap and why washing works

Identify the feature of the soap particle by virtue of which it removes grease.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, feature · What happens: identify, remove, feature · To what, where: feature, grease, soap particle

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Soap and why washing works» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feature	det
3	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 particle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 particle	det
6	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 particle	compound
7	particle	particle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feature	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 virtue	case
9	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 removes	obl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 removes	nsubj
13	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 virtue	acl:relcl
14	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removes	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the feature of the soap particle	by virtue	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme
2	remove	present	feature	grease	of virtue	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grease=Theme of which=Source
3	feature			the soap particle		nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=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

It is entirely composed of water

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	4 composed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 composed	aux:pass
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 composed	advmod
4	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive		It				of water; entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 2

It dissolves grease by the application of considerable heat to the surface

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 dissolves	nsubj
2	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 application	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 application	det
6	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 heat	case
8	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 heat	amod
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 application	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 surface	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 surface	det
12	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	It	grease				by the application of considerable heat; to the surface result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent grease=Patient to surface=Result
2	apply		considerable heat						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It possesses a water-attracting head and a grease-attracting tail

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 head	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attracting	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 water	punct
6	attracting	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 head	amod
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tail	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tail	det
10	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attracting	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 grease	punct
12	attracting	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 tail	amod
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 head	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	possess	present	It	a attracting head and a attracting tail	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme
2	attract	gerund			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	attract	gerund			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It converts grease directly into gas

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 converts	nsubj
2	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obj
4	directly	directly	ADV	_	2 converts	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 gas	case
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 converts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	It	grease				into gas result; directly property	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent grease=Patient into gas=Result

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