Exam question 3 · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of liquid placed within a freezer.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, place · To what, where: response, liquid

This is exam question 3 of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 liquid	det
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 liquid	aux
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 liquid	case
15	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 liquid	acl
17	within	within	ADP	_	19 freezer	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 freezer	det
19	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 placed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	a liquid		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus liquid=Experiencer
5	place	participle		a liquid not said here	within a freezer	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent

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

The can is preserved without change indefinitely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 preserved	det
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 preserved	aux
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 preserved	aux:pass
4	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 change	case
6	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preserved	obl
7	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	4 preserved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	can · passive						without change; indefinitely property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»

Option 2

The liquid contracts upon freezing and the can is crushed inwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 contracts	det
2	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contracts	amod
3	contracts	contract	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 crushed	nsubj:pass
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 freezing	case
5	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contracts	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 can	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 can	det
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 crushed	aux
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 crushed	aux:pass
10	crushed	crush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	inwards	inwards	ADV	_	10 crushed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crush	can · passive		the liquid contracts upon freezing				inwards property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The can becomes electrified by the cold metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 electrified	det
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 electrified	aux
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 electrified	aux:pass
4	electrified	electrify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 metal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 metal	det
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 metal	amod
8	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 electrified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	electrify	can · passive						by the cold metal	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The liquid expands upon freezing and the can may burst

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 liquid	det
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expands	nsubj
3	expands	expand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 freezing	case
5	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expands	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burst	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 burst	det
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 burst	aux
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 burst	aux
10	burst	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 expands	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expand	present	the liquid					upon freezing	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	burst	may	the liquid not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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