Exam question 3 · Oil and water, and things that won't mix
It is given that honey, water and oil are introduced into a single vessel. Ascertain the liquid which shall occupy the lowest position.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, liquid · What happens: give, introduce, ascertain, occupy · To what, where: It, honey, single vessel, liquid, lowest position
This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Oil and water, and things that won't mix» 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 honey, water and oil are introduced into a single 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 | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 honey | det |
| 5 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 introduced | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 water | punct |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 honey | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 oil | cc |
| 9 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 honey | conj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 introduced | aux:pass |
| 11 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | parataxis |
| 12 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 vessel | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 vessel | det |
| 14 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 vessel | amod |
| 15 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 introduced | obl |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | introduce | present · passive | that honey and water and oil | a single vessel | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the liquid which shall occupy the lowest position.
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 liquid | det |
| 3 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 occupy | nsubj |
| 5 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 occupy | aux |
| 6 | occupy | occupy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 liquid | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 position | det |
| 8 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 position | amod |
| 9 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 occupy | obj |
| 10 | . | . | 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 liquid | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Topic | ||||
| 2 | occupy | shall | the liquid | the lowest position | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The oil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 oil | det |
| 2 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The water
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 | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Honey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
None, the liquids mixing uniformly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 liquids | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 liquids | det |
| 4 | liquids | liquid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 None | appos |
| 5 | mixing | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 liquids | acl |
| 6 | uniformly | uniformly | ADV | _ | 5 mixing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | gerund | the liquids not said here | uniformly property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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