Exam question 3 · Solids, liquids and gases

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning water vapour.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, water vapour

This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the world 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 vapour	compound
13	vapour	vapour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	water vapour		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vapour=Experiencer

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

It is the white cloud issuing from a kettle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cloud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cloud	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cloud	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cloud	amod
5	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cloud	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 kettle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kettle	det
9	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 issuing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the white cloud					tree rules
2	issue	gerund	the white cloud not said here			a kettle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is a liquid of reduced density

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liquid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 liquid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 liquid	det
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 density	case
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 density	amod
7	density	density	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liquid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a liquid				of reduced density	tree rules
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is water in the gaseous state and is invisible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 water	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 water	cop
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 state	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	gaseous	gaseous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 state	amod
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 invisible	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 invisible	cop
10	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	water		the gaseous state			tree rules
2	is	present						invisible property	tree rules

Option 4

It is a solid composed of small crystals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 solid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 solid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 solid	det
4	solid	solid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 solid	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 crystals	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crystals	amod
8	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a solid					tree rules
2	compose	participle		a solid not said here				of small crystals	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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