Exam question 2 · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present scientific position concerning the more rapid freezing of warm water?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: present scientific position, warm water · What happens: follow, characteris, concern, freeze · To what, where: present scientific position, rapid freezing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 position	det
10	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 position	amod
11	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 position	amod
12	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 position	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 freezing	det
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 rapid	advmod
16	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 freezing	amod
17	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 water	case
19	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 water	amod
20	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 freezing	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the present scientific position	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the present scientific position not said here	the rapid freezing of warm water		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus freezing=Experiencer
4	freeze		warm water			nom freezing «process intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The matter remains disputed among scientists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remains	xcomp
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 scientists	case
6	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disputed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the matter						tree rules
2	dispute	participle	the matter not said here					among scientists	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It has been conclusively disproven in all circumstances

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	5 disproven	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disproven	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 disproven	cop
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	5 disproven	advmod
5	disproven	disproven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 disproven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	It			all circumstances		conclusively, disproven property	tree rules

Option 3

It has been conclusively proven in all circumstances

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	5 proven	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 proven	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 proven	aux:pass
4	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	5 proven	advmod
5	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 circumstances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 proven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · perfect · passive		It		all circumstances		conclusively property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It has never been investigated

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	5 investigated	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 investigated	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 investigated	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 investigated	aux:pass
5	investigated	investigate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not investigate	present · perfect · passive		It					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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