Exam question 4 · Soap and why washing works

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning foam in washing-up.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 foam	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 foam	amod
10	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 up	case
12	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 up	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 up	punct
14	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 foam	nmod
15	.	.	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 response					tree rules
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Cleaning is performed by the soap particles irrespective of foam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 particles	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 particles	det
6	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 particles	compound
7	particles	particle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	7 particles	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 foam	case
10	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 particles	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive	the soap particles of foam	Cleaning					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

The greater the foam, the cleaner the dishes, invariably

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 greater	det
2	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 foam	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 foam	det
4	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dishes	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cleaner	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cleaner	det
7	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 foam	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dishes	det
9	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 invariably	punct
11	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	9 dishes	advmod

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

Option 3

Foam is required for any cleaning whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cleaning	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 cleaning	det
6	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 required	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Foam				for any cleaning; whatsoever property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 4

Cleaning is performed exclusively by the foam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 foam	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 foam	det
7	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive	the foam	Cleaning				exclusively property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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