Exam question 4 · Glass and pottery

Ascertain the function of a glaze upon an article of pottery.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, article · To what, where: function, pottery

This is exam question 4 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

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 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 glaze	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glaze	det
6	glaze	glaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 article	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 article	det
9	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glaze	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 pottery	case
11	pottery	pottery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 article	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the function of a glaze upon a article of pottery					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	article			pottery					nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

It conducts heat away from the contents

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	2 conducts	nsubj
2	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conducts	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 conducts	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 contents	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 contents	det
7	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	It	heat				away property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme

Option 2

It reduces the mass of the article considerably

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	2 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mass	det
4	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 article	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 article	det
7	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mass	nmod
8	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	2 reduces	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	It	the mass of the article				considerably property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer mass=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It forms a thin vitreous coating that renders the article waterproof

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	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coating	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coating	amod
5	vitreous	vitreous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coating	amod
6	coating	coating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 renders	nsubj
8	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coating	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 waterproof	det
10	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waterproof	compound
11	waterproof	waterproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 renders	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	a thin vitreous coating					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coating=Theme
2	render	present	a thin vitreous coating	the article waterproof					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waterproof=Theme

Option 4

It renders the article unbreakable

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	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 article	det
4	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	unbreakable	unbreakable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the article				unbreakable property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Theme

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