Exam question 3 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of an induction hob?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, operate · To what, where: operation, induction hob

This is exam question 3 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	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 hob	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hob	det
13	induction	induction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hob	compound
14	hob	hob	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 induction hob	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	operate		a induction hob		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

A concealed gas flame heats the glass surface

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flame	det
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 flame	amod
3	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flame	compound
4	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heats	nsubj
5	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surface	det
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surface	compound
8	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heats	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	heat	present	a concealed gas flame	the glass surface					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent surface=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

An element heats the glass, which then heats the vessel upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 element	det
2	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heats	nsubj
3	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 glass	det
5	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heats	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heats	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 heats	nsubj
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 heats	advmod
9	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heats	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vessel	det
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heats	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	a element	the glass					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent glass=Patient
2	heat	present		the vessel			then	upon element	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A magnetic field causes the vessel itself to become hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 field	det
2	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 field	amod
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causes	nsubj
4	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vessel	det
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 causes	obj
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 vessel	nmod:unmarked
8	to	to	PART	_	9 become	mark
9	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 causes	advcl
10	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	a magnetic field	the vessel field					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition vessel=Patient
2	become	to-infinitive	a magnetic field not said here					hot property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Heated water circulates beneath the glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 circulates	nsubj
3	circulates	circulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 glass	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 circulates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	circulate	present	Heated water			the glass			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath glass=Location

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