Exam question 1 · Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy

Identify the principal reason for which crisp packets are filled with nitrogen gas.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, fill · To what, where: principal reason, crisp packets

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 filled	obl
7	crisp	crisp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 packets	compound
8	packets	packet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 filled	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 filled	aux:pass
10	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 gas	case
12	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gas	compound
13	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 filled	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	fill	present · passive		crisp packets				for the principal reason; with nitrogen gas	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with gas=Instrument

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

To impart flavour to the crisps

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	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impart	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 crisps	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crisps	det
6	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 impart	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impart	to-infinitive		flavour				to the crisps	tree rules

Option 2

To render the packet capable of floating in air

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	5 capable	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 packet	det
4	packet	packet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 render	obj
5	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 floating	mark
7	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 capable	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 air	case
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	to-infinitive		the packet					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent packet=Theme
2	float	gerund				air			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To preserve freshness and to cushion the contents against breakage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 preserve	mark
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	freshness	freshness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preserve	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cushion	cc
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cushion	mark
6	cushion	cushion	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 preserve	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 contents	det
8	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 cushion	obj
9	against	against	ADP	_	10 breakage	case
10	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cushion	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	to-infinitive		freshness					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freshness=Beneficiary
2	cushion	to-infinitive		the contents				against breakage	tree rules

Option 4

To deceive the purchaser as to the quantity of crisps contained therein

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deceive	mark
2	deceive	deceive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purchaser	det
4	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deceive	obj
5	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 quantity	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 as	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 quantity	det
8	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deceive	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 crisps	case
10	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 quantity	nmod
11	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 crisps	acl
12	therein	therein	ADV	_	11 contained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	to-infinitive		the purchaser				as the quantity of crisps	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchaser=Patient
2	contain	participle		crisps not said here				therein property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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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