Exam question 1 · Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a domestic refrigerator?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, operate · To what, where: operation, domestic refrigerator

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps» of the technology 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	10 operation	det
10	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 refrigerator	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 refrigerator	det
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 refrigerator	amod
14	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 operation	nmod
15	?	?	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	the operation of a domestic refrigerator	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	operate		a domestic refrigerator		nom operation «state transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It transfers heat from its interior and releases it via pipes at the rear

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 transfers	nsubj
2	transfers	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 interior	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 interior	nmod:poss
6	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfers	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 releases	cc
8	releases	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 transfers	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 releases	obj
10	via	via	ADP	_	11 pipes	case
11	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 releases	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 rear	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rear	det
14	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 releases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present	It	heat		heat's interior			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from interior=Initial_Location
2	release	present		heat		the rear		via pipes	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source

Option 2

It manufactures cold within its motor and expels it into its interior via a fan

The tree, 15 words

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 manufactures	nsubj
2	manufactures	manufacture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 manufactures	xcomp
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 motor	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 motor	nmod:poss
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufactures	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 expels	cc
8	expels	expel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 manufactures	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 expels	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 interior	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 interior	nmod:poss
12	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expels	obl
13	via	via	ADP	_	15 fan	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fan	det
15	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	present	It					within its motor; cold property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	expel	present		motor		motor's interior		via a fan	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

It cools the food by causing the food itself to evaporate

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 cools	nsubj
2	cools	cool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cools	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 causing	mark
6	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cools	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 causing	obj
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 food	nmod:unmarked
10	to	to	PART	_	11 evaporate	mark
11	evaporate	evaporate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 causing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cool	present	It	the food	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	cause	gerund		the food food	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition food=Patient
3	evaporate	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It admits cold air from outside the dwelling

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 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 air	amod
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 dwelling	case
6	outside	outside	ADP	_	8 dwelling	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dwelling	det
8	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	It	cold air		the dwelling			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme

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