Exam question 3 · Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rising of bread.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, bread · What happens: select, establish, concern, rise · To what, where: response, rising

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rising	det
11	rising	rising	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 bread	case
13	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rising	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the rising of bread		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rising=Experiencer
4	rise		bread			nom rising «event 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

The dough rises owing to gas released by yeast, a living fungus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dough	det
2	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rises	nsubj
3	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rises	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 gas	case
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owing	obl
7	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gas	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 yeast	case
9	yeast	yeast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 released	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fungus	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fungus	det
12	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fungus	amod
13	fungus	fungus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gas	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the dough			tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the dough not said here		to gas and a living fungus goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to gas=Goal
3	release	participle		gas and a living fungus not said here	by yeast	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 2

The dough rises owing to the heat of the slicing machine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dough	det
2	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rises	nsubj
3	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rises	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 heat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heat	det
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owing	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 machine	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 machine	det
10	slicing	slicing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 machine	compound
11	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the dough		tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the dough not said here	to the heat of the slicing machine goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to heat=Goal
3	heat		the slicing machine		nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The dough rises solely owing to the salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dough	det
2	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rises	nsubj
3	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 owing	advmod
5	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rises	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 salt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 salt	det
8	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the dough						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	owe	gerund	the dough not said here					to the salt goal; solely property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to salt=Goal

Option 4

The dough rises owing to air injected into it by machines in the bakery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dough	det
2	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rises	nsubj
3	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rises	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 air	case
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owing	obl
7	injected	inject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 owing	xcomp
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 injected	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 machines	case
11	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 injected	obl:agent
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 bakery	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bakery	det
14	bakery	bakery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 injected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the dough			tree rules
2	owe	gerund	the dough not said here		to air	tree rules
3	inject	participle	the dough not said here	dough	in the bakery	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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