Exam question 4 · Kitchen floors, food safety and the microwave

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning cooked food left at room temperature.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, cook, leave · To what, where: response, cooked food, room temperature

This is exam question 4 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	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	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 food	amod
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 food	acl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 temperature	case
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 temperature	compound
17	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 left	obl
18	.	.	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	cooked food			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus food=Experiencer
5	cook	participle					vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	leave	participle		cooked food not said here	room temperature		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at temperature=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

Cooked food remains safe at room temperature for weeks at a time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 food	amod
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 temperature	case
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 temperature	compound
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 weeks	case
9	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 remains	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 time	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	remain	present	Cooked food				time; week	safe property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It becomes safe again once it has cooled completely

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 becomes	xcomp
4	again	again	ADV	_	2 becomes	advmod
5	once	once	SCONJ	_	8 cooled	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cooled	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cooled	aux
8	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 becomes	advcl
9	completely	completely	ADV	_	8 cooled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	It				again	safe property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	cool	present · perfect · passive		it				completely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Germs grow rapidly, so after some hours it may be unsafe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	2 grow	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hours	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 hours	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 hours	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 hours	det
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 unsafe	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 unsafe	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 unsafe	cop
12	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hours	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Germs				hour	rapidly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	may	it	some hours not said here				unsafe property	tree rules

Option 4

Germs cannot grow in food that has once been cooked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 cooked	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cooked	aux
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 cooked	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 cooked	aux:pass
11	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 food	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow	can	Germs			food			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in food=Location
2	cook	present · perfect · passive		food				once property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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