Exam question 3 · Molecules: when atoms join up

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that a beverage is "chemical-free".

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Molecules: when atoms join up» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 assertion	det
13	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 free	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 beverage	det
16	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 free	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 free	cop
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 free	punct
19	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 free	amod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 chemical	punct
21	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 concerning	advcl
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 free	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the assertion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
5	is in a quote	present	a beverage		free 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

All substances, beverages included, are composed of chemicals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 substances	det
2	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 composed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 beverages	punct
4	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 substances	conj
5	included	include	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 beverages	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 substances	punct
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 composed	aux:pass
8	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 chemicals	case
10	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include	participle		beverages not said here					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	compose	present · passive		all substances and beverages				of chemicals	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 2

Only beverages manufactured in laboratories contain chemicals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 beverages	advmod
2	beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contain	nsubj
3	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 beverages	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 laboratories	case
5	laboratories	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 manufactured	obl
6	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	participle		beverages not said here		laboratories			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	contain	present	beverages	chemicals					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot chemical=Theme

Option 3

Chemicals are present solely in cleaning products

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 present	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 present	cop
3	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 present	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 products	case
6	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 products	compound
7	products	product	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Chemicals			cleaning products		present, solely property	tree rules

Option 4

Beverages from fruit contain no chemicals whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beverages	beverage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contain	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 fruit	case
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Beverages	nmod
4	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 chemicals	det
6	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contain	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 contain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	Beverages from fruit	no chemicals				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot chemical=Theme

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