Exam question 2 · Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises water upon freezing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, freeze · To what, where: water

This is exam question 2 of lesson 217 «Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 freezing	mark
11	freezing	freeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	water	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	freeze	gerund			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

It becomes heavier and sinks

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	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 becomes	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sinks	cc
5	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 becomes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	It					heavy property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	sink	present							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It contracts and consequently occupies less space

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 contracts	nsubj
2	contracts	contract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 occupies	cc
4	consequently	consequently	ADV	_	5 occupies	advmod
5	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 contracts	conj
6	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 space	amod
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occupies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contract	present	It						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	occupy	present		less space				consequently property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus space=Experiencer

Option 3

It neither expands nor contracts

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 expands	nsubj
2	neither	neither	ADV	_	3 expands	advmod
3	expands	expand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	5 contracts	cc
5	contracts	contract	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 expands	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expand	present	It	contracts				neither property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent contract=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It expands, and a sealed can may thereby burst

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 expands	nsubj
2	expands	expand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 burst	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burst	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 burst	det
6	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 a	acl
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 burst	aux
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 burst	aux
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 burst	advmod
10	burst	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 expands	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	expand	present	It		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	seal	participle			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	burst	may		thereby property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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