Exam question 3 · Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning food stored in a freezer.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, store · To what, where: response, food, freezer

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 food	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 freezer	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 freezer	det
14	freezer	freezer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stored	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	food			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus food=Experiencer
4	store	participle		food not said here	a freezer		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent 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

The food becomes permanently free of germs, even after it has been thawed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 food	det
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	5 free	advmod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 becomes	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 germs	case
7	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 free	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thawed	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 thawed	advmod
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 thawed	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 thawed	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 thawed	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 thawed	aux:pass
14	thawed	thaw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 becomes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the food					free property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	thaw	present · perfect · passive		food					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2

Germs multiply more rapidly at low temperatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 multiply	nsubj
2	multiply	multiply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 rapidly	advmod
4	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	2 multiply	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 temperatures	case
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 temperatures	amod
7	temperatures	temperature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 multiply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	multiply	present	Germs			low temperatures		rapidly property	vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The growth of germs is arrested, though they may resume upon thawing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 growth	det
2	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arrested	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 germs	case
4	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 growth	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 arrested	aux:pass
6	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 resume	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 resume	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 resume	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 resume	aux
11	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 arrested	parataxis
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	13 thawing	mark
13	thawing	thaw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 resume	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	arrest	present · passive		the growth of germs	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	resume	may	germs = germ		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	thaw	gerund	germs = germ not said here		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	grow		germs		nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

All germs are destroyed instantaneously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 germs	det
2	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 destroyed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 destroyed	aux:pass
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	_	4 destroyed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	present · passive		all germs				instantaneously property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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