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Exam question 3 · Glass and pottery

It is given that a heated vessel of ordinary glass is plunged into cold water. Select the outcome most consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, plunge, select, establish · To what, where: It, heated vessel, cold water, outcome

This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Glass and pottery» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a heated vessel of ordinary glass is plunged into cold 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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 plunged	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 vessel	det
6	heated	heated	ADJ	_	7 vessel	amod
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plunged	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 glass	case
9	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 glass	amod
10	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vessel	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 plunged	aux:pass
12	plunged	plunge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 water	amod
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plunged	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	plunge	present · passive		a heated vessel of ordinary glass		cold water			vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Select the outcome most consistent with the established facts.

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 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	.	.	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 outcome					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1

The vessel will soften and deform into a new shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soften	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 soften	aux
4	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 deform	cc
6	deform	deform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 soften	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 shape	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shape	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shape	amod
10	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	future	the vessel						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	deform	infinitive	the vessel not said here					into a new shape result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into shape=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The vessel may fracture owing to uneven contraction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fracture	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fracture	aux
4	fracture	fracture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fracture	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 contraction	case
7	uneven	uneven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 contraction	amod
8	contraction	contraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fracture	may	the vessel						tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the vessel not said here					to uneven contraction goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to contraction=Goal

Option 3

The vessel will become stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 become	aux
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	future	the vessel					strong property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The vessel will dissolve in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vessel	det
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissolve	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 dissolve	aux
4	dissolve	dissolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissolve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	future	the vessel			the water			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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