Exam question 4 · Oil and water, and things that won't mix

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of cooking fat into domestic drainage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, disposal, domestic drainage

This is exam question 4 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

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 disposal	det
13	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fat	case
15	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fat	compound
16	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 disposal	nmod
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 drainage	case
18	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 drainage	amod
19	drainage	drainage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
20	.	.	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 disposal of cooking fat	domestic drainage		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=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

It evaporates entirely before reaching the sewer

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	2 evaporates	nsubj
2	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 evaporates	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 reaching	mark
5	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 evaporates	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sewer	det
7	sewer	sewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaporate	present	It					entirely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	reach	gerund		the sewer					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sewer=Theme

Option 2

It dissolves harmlessly and completely in the water of the drains

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	2 dissolves	nsubj
2	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	harmlessly	harmlessly	ADV	_	2 dissolves	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 completely	cc
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	3 harmlessly	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 drains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drains	det
11	drains	drain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 water	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	It			the water of the drains		harmlessly property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It improves the flow of water through pipes

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	2 improves	nsubj
2	improves	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flow	det
4	flow	flow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 improves	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flow	nmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 pipes	case
8	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 improves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	It	the flow of water		pipes			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flow=Patient
2	flow		water						nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It solidifies within pipes and contributes to severe blockages

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	2 solidifies	nsubj
2	solidifies	solidify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	4 pipes	case
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 solidifies	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 contributes	cc
6	contributes	contribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 solidifies	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 blockages	case
8	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 blockages	amod
9	blockages	blockage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contributes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solidify	present	It					within pipes	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	contribute	present			severe blockages				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to blockage=Recipient

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