Exam question 4 · Dyes, inks and colouring

Ascertain the reason for which a white garment acquires a pink colour when laundered with a red sock.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, white garment · What happens: ascertain, acquire, launder · To what, where: reason, pink colour

This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Dyes, inks and colouring» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 acquires	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 garment	det
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 garment	amod
8	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 acquires	nsubj
9	acquires	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 colour	det
11	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 colour	amod
12	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 acquires	obj
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 laundered	advmod
14	laundered	launder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 acquires	advcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 sock	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sock	det
17	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sock	amod
18	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 laundered	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	acquire	present	a white garment	a pink colour	for the reason	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for which=Asset
3	launder	participle	a white garment not said here		with a red sock	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

Loose dye is released into the water and attaches to the garment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dye	amod
2	dye	dye	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	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 attaches	cc
9	attaches	attach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 released	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 garment	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 garment	det
12	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		Loose dye		the water			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	attach	present						to the garment	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to garment=Co-Patient

Option 2

The temperature of the water converts white to pink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temperature	det
2	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 converts	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 temperature	nmod
6	converts	convert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 converts	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pink	mark
9	pink	pink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 white	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert	present	the temperature of the water					white property	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	pink	to-infinitive	the temperature of the water not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The garment reflects the colour of the sock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 garment	det
2	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflects	nsubj
3	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 colour	det
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflects	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sock	det
8	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	the garment	the colour of the sock					tree rules

Option 4

The detergent contains a red pigment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 detergent	det
2	detergent	detergent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contains	nsubj
3	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pigment	det
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pigment	amod
6	pigment	pigment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	the detergent	a red pigment					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pigment=Theme

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