Exam question 3 · Chocolate and sweets

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a boiled sweet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, boil · To what, where: boiled sweet

This is exam question 3 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	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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sweet	det
10	boiled	boil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sweet	amod
11	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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	a boiled sweet	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	boil	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sugar syrup from which almost all water has been driven off, forming a sugar glass

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 syrup	compound
2	syrup	syrup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 driven	obl
5	almost	almost	ADV	_	6 all	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 driven	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 driven	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 driven	aux:pass
10	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 syrup	acl:relcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 driven	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 forming	punct
13	forming	form	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 syrup	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 glass	det
15	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 glass	compound
16	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 forming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive off	present · perfect · passive		all water		Sugar syrup			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from which=Trajectory
2	form	gerund		a sugar glass					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location glass=Theme

Option 2

A jelly stiffened by prolonged freezing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 jelly	det
2	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	stiffened	stiffen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 jelly	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 freezing	case
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 freezing	amod
6	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stiffened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stiffen	participle		a jelly not said here				by prolonged freezing	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	prolong	participle							vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A confection into which molten glass has been incorporated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 confection	det
2	confection	confection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 incorporated	nsubj:pass
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 glass	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 glass	nsubj
5	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 glass	amod
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confection	nmod
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 incorporated	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 incorporated	aux:pass
9	incorporated	incorporate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	incorporate	present · perfect · passive		a confection into molten glass					vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

A baked product resembling bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 product	det
2	baked	bake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 product	amod
3	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 product	acl
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resembling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	resemble	gerund	a baked product not said here	bread					tree rules

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