Exam question 3 · Colours of fire: fireworks

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the luminescence of a bent glow stick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bent glow stick · What happens: follow, characteris, luminesce · To what, where: luminescence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Colours of fire: fireworks» 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 luminescence	det
10	luminescence	luminescence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 stick	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stick	det
13	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stick	amod
14	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stick	compound
15	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 luminescence	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the luminescence of a bent glow stick	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	luminesce		a bent glow stick			nom luminescence «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

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

Two chemicals react and emit light with negligible heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 chemicals	nummod
2	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 react	nsubj
3	react	react	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 emit	cc
5	emit	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 react	conj
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 emit	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 heat	case
8	negligible	negligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 heat	amod
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 emit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	react	present	Two chemicals						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	emit	present	Two chemicals not said here	light				with negligible heat	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source light=Theme

Option 2

Stored sunlight is released upon bending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sunlight	amod
2	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 released	aux:pass
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 bending	case
6	bending	bending	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	participle							vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	release	present · passive		Stored sunlight				upon bending	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 3

Combustion occurs within the sealed tube

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	6 tube	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tube	det
5	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tube	amod
6	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Combustion					within the sealed tube	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A concealed electrical cell illuminates a filament

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cell	det
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cell	amod
3	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cell	amod
4	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 illuminates	nsubj
5	illuminates	illuminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 filament	det
7	filament	filament	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 illuminates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	illuminate	present	a concealed electrical cell	a filament					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent filament=Destination

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