Exam question 3 · Water: the most amazing liquid
It is given that hard water is heated in a kettle. Select the observation consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, heat, select, establish · To what, where: It, hard water, observation
This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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 hard water is heated in a kettle.
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 | _ | 8 heated | mark |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 heated | aux:pass |
| 8 | heated | heat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 kettle | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 kettle | det |
| 11 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heated | obl |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | heat | present · passive | hard water | in a kettle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in kettle=Instrument |
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 observation 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 observation | det |
| 3 | observation | observation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 observation | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent observation=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The water ceases to boil entirely and remains cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ceases | nsubj |
| 3 | ceases | cease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 boil | mark |
| 5 | boil | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ceases | xcomp |
| 6 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 5 boil | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 remains | cc |
| 8 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ceases | conj |
| 9 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 remains | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | present | the water | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | boil | to-infinitive | the water not said here | entirely property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | remain | present | the water not said here | cold property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The kettle becomes magnetic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 kettle | det |
| 2 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 becomes | nsubj |
| 3 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | magnetic | magnetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 becomes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | the kettle | magnetic property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
The water turns a pale blue in colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | nsubj |
| 3 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 blue | det |
| 5 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 blue | amod |
| 6 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 turns | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 colour | case |
| 8 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | the water | a pale blue | in colour | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent blue=Patient in colour=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A white deposit of limescale accumulates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 deposit | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 deposit | amod |
| 3 | deposit | deposit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 accumulates | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 limescale | case |
| 5 | limescale | limescale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 deposit | nmod |
| 6 | accumulates | accumulate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accumulate | present | a white deposit of limescale | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | deposit | limescale | nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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