Exam question 1 · Chocolate and sweets

Identify the principal purpose of the process known as tempering.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, process · What happens: identify, know, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, process

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» 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	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 process	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 process	det
7	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 process	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 tempering	case
10	tempering	tempering	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 known	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the process		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	know	participle		the process not said here	as tempering	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as tempering=Attribute
3	purpose		the process			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To cause the fat to crystallise in a regular manner, yielding gloss and a clean snap

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fat	det
4	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 crystallise	mark
6	crystallise	crystallise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fat	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 manner	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 manner	det
9	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 manner	amod
10	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crystallise	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 yielding	punct
12	yielding	yield	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cause	advcl
13	gloss	gloss	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 yielding	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 snap	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 snap	det
16	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 snap	amod
17	snap	snap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gloss	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive	the fat		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fat=Patient
2	crystallise	to-infinitive	the fat not said here	a regular manner	tree rules
3	yield	gerund	gloss and a clean snap		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gloss=Theme

Option 2

To impart a grey colouration to the surface

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 impart	mark
2	impart	impart	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 colouration	det
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colouration	amod
5	colouration	colouration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impart	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 surface	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surface	det
8	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impart	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impart	to-infinitive		a grey colouration				to the surface	tree rules

Option 3

To render the chocolate entirely free of sugar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 render	mark
2	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 free	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chocolate	det
4	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 render	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 free	advmod
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sugar	case
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	to-infinitive		the chocolate					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Theme

Option 4

To remove the fat from the chocolate altogether

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fat	det
4	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 chocolate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chocolate	det
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obl
8	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	2 remove	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		the fat		the chocolate		altogether property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fat=Theme from chocolate=Source

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