Exam question 1 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

Identify the principle by which a domestic microwave oven conveys heat to foodstuffs.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, domestic microwave oven · What happens: identify, convey · To what, where: principle, heat, foodstuffs

This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 conveys	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oven	det
7	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oven	amod
8	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 oven	compound
9	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveys	nsubj
10	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 principle	acl:relcl
11	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveys	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 foodstuffs	case
13	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 conveys	obl
14	.	.	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 principle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme
2	convey	present	a domestic microwave oven	heat	foodstuffs			by the principle	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent heat=Topic to foodstuff=Recipient

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 right answer

It agitates the water molecules within the food

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 agitates	nsubj
2	agitates	agitate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 molecules	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 molecules	compound
5	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 agitates	obj
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 food	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 food	det
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agitates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agitate	present	It	the water molecules				within the food	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus molecule=Experiencer

Option 2

It irradiates the food with intense visible light

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 irradiates	nsubj
2	irradiates	irradiate	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 irradiates	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 light	case
6	intense	intense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
7	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 irradiates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	irradiate	present	It	the food				with intense visible light	tree rules

Option 3

It conducts heat upwards from a heated turntable

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 conducts	nsubj
2	conducts	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conducts	obj
4	upwards	upwards	ADV	_	2 conducts	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 turntable	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 turntable	det
7	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 turntable	amod
8	turntable	turntable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conducts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	present	It	heat		a heated turntable		upwards property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heat=Theme from turntable=Destination
2	heat	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It heats the surrounding air by means of a flame

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 heats	nsubj
2	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
4	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 air	amod
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heats	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 means	case
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 heats	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 flame	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 flame	det
10	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	heat	present	It	the surrounding air		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument air=Patient
2	surround	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	mean	present			of a flame	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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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