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Exam question 2 · Heating, water pipes and drains

It is given that the wall thermostat of a dwelling is raised from 20 to 30 degrees. Ascertain the effect upon the rate at which the dwelling is heated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, raise, ascertain, heat · To what, where: It, wall thermostat, 20 degrees, effect, dwelling, rate

This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Heating, water pipes and drains» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the wall thermostat of a dwelling is raised from 20 to 30 degrees.

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	SCONJ	_	12 raised	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thermostat	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thermostat	compound
7	thermostat	thermostat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 raised	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dwelling	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thermostat	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 raised	aux:pass
12	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	17 degrees	case
14	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 degrees	nummod
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 30	case
16	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 20	nmod
17	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 raised	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	raise	present · passive		the wall thermostat of a dwelling		20 degrees			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from degree=Destination

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: Ascertain the effect upon the rate at which the dwelling is heated.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 effect	det
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 rate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rate	det
6	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 heated	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heated	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 heated	aux:pass
12	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rate	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the effect				upon the rate	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic
2	heat	present · passive		the dwelling		the rate			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rate is unchanged; only the final temperature is higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unchanged	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unchanged	cop
4	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 higher	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 temperature	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 temperature	det
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 temperature	amod
9	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 higher	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 higher	cop
11	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 unchanged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the rate					unchanged property	tree rules
2	is	present	the final temperature					high property	tree rules

Option 2

The rate of heating is reduced by one half

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduced	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 heating	case
4	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rate	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reduced	aux:pass
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 half	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 half	nummod
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present · passive	one half	the rate of heating					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient

Option 3

The dwelling ceases to be heated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dwelling	det
2	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 heated	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 heated	aux:pass
6	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ceases	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	the dwelling						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	heat	to-infinitive · passive	the dwelling not said here						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»

Option 4

The rate of heating is doubled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doubled	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 heating	case
4	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rate	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 doubled	aux:pass
6	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present · passive		the rate of heating					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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