Exam question 2 · Mixing and dissolving
It is given that further salt, added to water, remains undissolved at the base of the vessel. Identify the term applicable to the solution.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: further salt, you · What happens: give, add, remain, identify · To what, where: It, further salt, term
This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Mixing and dissolving» 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 further salt, added to water, remains undissolved at the base of the vessel.
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 remains | mark |
| 5 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 salt | amod |
| 6 | salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 remains | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 added | punct |
| 8 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 salt | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 added | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 salt | punct |
| 12 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | undissolved | undissolved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 remains | xcomp |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 base | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 base | det |
| 16 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 undissolved | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 vessel | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 vessel | det |
| 19 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 base | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | 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 | add speech: assert | participle | further salt not said here | to water | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to water=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | remain | present | further salt | undissolved property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Identify the term applicable to the solution.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 term | det |
| 3 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | applicable | applicable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Identify | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 solution | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 solution | det |
| 7 | solution | solution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 applicable | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the term | applicable property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neutralised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neutralised | neutralis | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | neutralis | participle | tree rules |
Option 2
Very dilute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 dilute | advmod |
| 2 | dilute | dilute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Saturated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturated | saturate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | saturate | participle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Evaporated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaporated | evaporate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | evaporate | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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