Exam question 4 · Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy

Ascertain the reason for which canned food may be stored for years without refrigeration.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, reason · What happens: ascertain, cann, store · To what, where: reason, food

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 canned	nsubj
6	canned	cann	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stored	nsubj:pass
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stored	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 stored	aux:pass
10	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 canned	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stored	obl
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 refrigeration	case
14	refrigeration	refrigeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stored	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	cann	past	the reason				tree rules
3	store	may · passive		food	year	without refrigeration	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

Germs are unable to survive in darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unable	cop
3	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 survive	mark
5	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unable	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 darkness	case
7	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 survive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Germs					unable property	tree rules
2	survive	to-infinitive	Germs not said here			darkness			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in darkness=Location

Option 2

The can contains a concealed cooling device

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 contains	det
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 contains	aux
3	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 device	det
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 device	amod
6	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 device	compound
7	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	can		a concealed cooling device					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot device=Theme
2	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The food is sealed within the can and subsequently heated, destroying the germs within

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 food	det
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sealed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sealed	aux:pass
4	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 can	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 can	det
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sealed	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heated	cc
9	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	10 heated	advmod
10	heated	heat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sealed	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 destroying	punct
12	destroying	destroy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 heated	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 germs	det
14	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 destroying	obj
15	within	within	ADP	_	10 heated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seal	present · passive	the food		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	heat	participle		subsequently property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	destroy	gerund	the germs		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient

Option 4

The food is preserved by the paper label

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 food	det
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preserved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 preserved	aux:pass
4	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 label	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 label	det
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 label	compound
8	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preserve	present · passive	the paper label	the food					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

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