Exam question 2 · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

Identify the principal reason for which a glass bottle of liquid shall not be left in a freezer.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, not leave · To what, where: principal reason, glass bottle, freezer

This is exam question 2 of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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	15 left	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bottle	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottle	compound
9	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 liquid	case
11	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottle	nmod
12	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 left	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 freezer	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 freezer	det
18	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	obl
19	.	.	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 leave	shall · passive		a glass bottle of liquid		a freezer		for the principal reason	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in freezer=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 · ✓ the right answer

Liquid expands upon freezing and may burst the bottle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 2

The liquid evaporates entirely

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 evaporates	nsubj
3	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 evaporates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaporate	present	the liquid					entirely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The glass absorbs the cold and grows soft enough to bend out of shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glass	det
2	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 absorbs	nsubj
3	absorbs	absorb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cold	det
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 absorbs	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grows	cc
7	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 absorbs	conj
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grows	xcomp
9	enough	enough	ADV	_	8 soft	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bend	mark
11	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 soft	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	14 shape	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 shape	case
14	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	absorb	present	the glass	the cold			vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal cold=Theme
2	grow	present	the glass not said here			soft property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bend	to-infinitive	the glass not said here		shape		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out shape=Location

Option 4

Freezers are unable to cool glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freezers	freezer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cool	mark
5	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cool	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Freezers					unable property	tree rules
2	cool	to-infinitive	Freezers not said here	glass					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent glass=Patient

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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