Exam question 3 · Melting, freezing and boiling
It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and frozen. State the likely consequence.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, enclose, seal, freeze · To what, where: It, water, sealed rigid vessel
This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the physics 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
Sentence 1: It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and frozen.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 enclosed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 enclosed | aux:pass |
| 7 | enclosed | enclose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 vessel | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 vessel | det |
| 10 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 vessel | amod |
| 11 | rigid | rigid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 vessel | amod |
| 12 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 enclosed | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 frozen | cc |
| 14 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | enclose | present · passive | that water | a sealed rigid vessel | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | seal | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | freeze | participle | 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.
Sentence 2: State the likely consequence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 consequence | det |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consequence | amod |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 consequence | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The vessel may fracture owing to the expansion of the water upon freezing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vessel | det |
| 2 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fracture | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fracture | aux |
| 4 | fracture | fracture | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | owing | owe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 fracture | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 expansion | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 expansion | det |
| 8 | expansion | expansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 owing | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 water | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 expansion | nmod |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 freezing | case |
| 13 | freezing | freezing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 owing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fracture | may | the vessel | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | owe | gerund | the vessel not said here | to the expansion of the water goal; upon freezing | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to expansion=Goal | ||||
| 3 | expand | the water | nom expansion «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
No alteration of volume will occur
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 alteration | det |
| 2 | alteration | alteration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 occur | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 volume | case |
| 4 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 alteration | nmod |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 occur | aux |
| 6 | occur | occur | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occur | future | no alteration of volume | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | alter | volume | nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The vessel will contract and remain sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vessel | det |
| 2 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 contract | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 contract | aux |
| 4 | contract | contract | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 remain | cc |
| 6 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 contract | conj |
| 7 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 remain | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contract | future | the vessel | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | remain | infinitive | the vessel not said here | sound | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sound=Attribute |
Option 4
The water will contract and leave a void
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 contract | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 contract | aux |
| 4 | contract | contract | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 leave | cc |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 contract | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 void | det |
| 8 | void | void | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contract | future | the water | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | the water not said here | a void | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent void=Theme |
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