Exam question 3 · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the boiling of water at high altitude.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» 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 boiling	det
13	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 water	case
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 boiling	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 altitude	case
17	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 altitude	amod
18	altitude	altitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 boiling of water	high altitude		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boiling=Experiencer

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

Water boils at a temperature lower than 100 °C

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	nsubj
2	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 temperature	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 temperature	det
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	obl
6	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 boils	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 100	case
8	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 lower	obl
9	°	°	SYM	_	10 C	compound
10	C	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 100	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present	Water			a temperature			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Water boils at a temperature higher than 100 °C

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	nsubj
2	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 temperature	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 temperature	det
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	obl
6	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 100	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 higher	fixed
8	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 C	nummod
9	°	°	SYM	_	10 C	compound
10	C	c	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present	Water	100 ° C		a temperature			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Water cannot be brought to the boil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 brought	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 brought	aux:pass
5	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 boil	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boil	det
8	boil	boil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bring	can · passive		Water		the boil			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to boil=Destination

Option 4

Water boils at exactly 100 °C invariably

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boils	nsubj
2	boils	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 C	case
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 100	advmod
5	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 C	nummod
6	°	°	SYM	_	7 C	compound
7	C	C	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boils	obl
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	2 boils	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	present	Water			100 ° C		invariably property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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