Exam question 3 · Soap and why washing works

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises alcohol hand gel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: hand gel

This is exam question 3 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	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	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hand	compound
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gel	compound
11	gel	gel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		hand gel				of the following statements; accurately property	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 · ✓ the right answer

It kills many germs but does not remove dirt, and it is flammable

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 kills	nsubj
2	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 germs	amod
4	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kills	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 remove	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 remove	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 remove	advmod
8	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kills	conj
9	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remove	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flammable	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 flammable	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 flammable	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 flammable	cop
14	flammable	flammable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kills	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kill	present	It	many germs		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme
2	not remove	present · do-support		dirt		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme
3	is	present	dirt		flammable property	tree rules

Option 2

It functions best upon visibly dirty hands

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 functions	nsubj
2	functions	function	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 functions	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 hands	case
5	visibly	visibly	ADV	_	6 dirty	advmod
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hands	amod
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 functions	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	present	It					upon dirty hands; well property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It removes dirt more effectively than soap and 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	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 effectively	advmod
5	effectively	effectively	ADV	_	2 removes	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 soap	case
7	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 effectively	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 water	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soap	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	It	dirt				effectively property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme

Option 4

It is safe to swallow in small quantities

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 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 swallow	mark
5	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 safe	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 quantities	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quantities	amod
8	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 swallow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					safe property	tree rules
2	swallow	to-infinitive				small quantities			vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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