Exam question 1 · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

Identify the principal reason for which a whole egg in its shell must not be heated in a microwave oven.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not heat · To what, where: principal reason, whole egg

This is exam question 1 of lesson 106 «Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave» of the everyday 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 heated	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 egg	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 egg	amod
9	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heated	nsubj:pass
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 shell	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shell	nmod:poss
12	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 egg	nmod
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 heated	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 heated	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 heated	aux:pass
16	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 oven	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 oven	det
19	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 oven	compound
20	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heated	obl
21	.	.	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	not heat	must · passive		a whole egg in egg's shell				for the principal reason; in a microwave oven	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in oven=Instrument

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 egg is rendered poisonous by the heating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 egg	det
2	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rendered	aux:pass
4	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rendered	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 heating	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heating	det
8	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rendered	obl

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

Option 2

The shell absorbs all of the energy of the oven and catches fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	nsubj
3	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 energy	det
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 energy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 energy	det
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 oven	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 oven	det
10	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 energy	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 catches	cc
12	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 absorbs	conj
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 catches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb	present	the shell	all energy of the oven					vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal energy=Theme
2	catch	present	the shell not said here	fire					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme

Option 3

The yolk is cooked before the white is warmed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 yolk	det
2	yolk	yolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cooked	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cooked	aux:pass
4	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 warmed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 white	det
7	white	white	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 warmed	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 warmed	aux:pass
9	warmed	warm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cooked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present · passive		the yolk					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	warm	present · passive		the white					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Steam accumulates within the shell and it explodes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accumulates	nsubj
2	accumulates	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 shell	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shell	det
5	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accumulates	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 explodes	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 explodes	nsubj
8	explodes	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 accumulates	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accumulate	present	Steam					within the shell	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explode	present	Steam						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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