Exam question 3 · Separating mixtures

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning water that has been filtered through paper.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, filter · To what, where: response, established facts, paper

This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Separating mixtures» 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	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facts	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 filtered	nsubj:pass
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 filtered	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 filtered	aux:pass
16	filtered	filter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	acl:relcl
17	through	through	ADP	_	18 paper	case
18	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 filtered	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 and concerning water; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	filter	present · perfect · passive		the established facts and concerning water	paper		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Initial_Location

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 is rendered sterile by the paper

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 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rendered	aux:pass
3	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	sterile	sterile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rendered	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 paper	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 paper	det
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive	the paper	It				sterile property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may yet contain germs and dissolved substances and is not thereby rendered safe

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	4 contain	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 contain	aux
3	yet	yet	ADV	_	4 contain	advmod
4	contain	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contain	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 substances	cc
7	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 substances	amod
8	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 germs	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rendered	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rendered	aux:pass
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 rendered	advmod
12	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	13 rendered	advmod
13	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 contain	conj
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rendered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	contain	may	It	germs and dissolved substances	yet		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot germ=Theme
2	dissolve	participle					vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	not render	present · passive				safe, thereby property	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»

Option 3

It is invariably safe for consumption, all impurities having been retained by the paper

The tree, 14 words

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	4 safe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 safe	advmod
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 consumption	case
6	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 retained	punct
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 impurities	det
9	impurities	impurity	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 retained	nsubj:pass
10	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 retained	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 retained	aux:pass
12	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 safe	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 paper	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 paper	det
15	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for consumption; invariably, safe property	tree rules
2	retain	gerund · perfect · passive	the paper	all impurities					tree rules

Option 4

It contains no substance whatsoever save water

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 contains	nsubj
2	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 substance	det
4	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contains	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 save	advmod
6	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 substance	acl:relcl
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	It	no substance					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot substance=Theme
2	save	infinitive	no substance not said here	water				whatsoever property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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