Exam question 1 · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

Determine which of the following constitutes a chemical change.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, follow, be

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 change	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	9 change	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 change	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 change	nsubj
6	constitutes	constitute	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 change	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 change	det
8	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 change	amod
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present		of the chemical change	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 melting of butter in a warm pan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 melting	det
2	melting	melting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melting	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 pan	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pan	det
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pan	amod
8	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt			butter		a warm pan			nom melting «process transitive»: of=patient in=place

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The browning of bread in a toaster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 browning	det
2	browning	browning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bread	case
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 browning	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 toaster	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toaster	det
7	toaster	toaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 browning	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The condensation of steam upon a cold lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condensation	det
2	condensation	condensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 steam	case
4	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condensation	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 lid	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lid	det
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lid	amod
8	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condensation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condense			steam				upon a cold lid	nom condensation «cognition transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 4

The dissolving of sugar in hot tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dissolving	det
2	dissolving	dissolving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sugar	case
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolving	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tea	case
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tea	amod
7	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolving	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve			sugar		hot tea			nom dissolving «process transitive»: of=patient in=place

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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