Exam question 1 · Evaporation and condensation

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises evaporation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: evaporation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» 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	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	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		evaporation				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A liquid becomes a gas solely upon reaching the boiling point, never below it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 liquid	det
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gas	det
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	xcomp
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 becomes	advmod
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 reaching	mark
8	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 becomes	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 point	det
10	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 point	compound
11	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reaching	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 it	punct
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 it	advmod
14	below	below	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 becomes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	a liquid	a gas				solely property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	reach	gerund	a liquid not said here	the boiling point					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent point=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A liquid becomes a gas at its surface below the boiling point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 liquid	det
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gas	det
5	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 surface	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 surface	nmod:poss
8	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	obl
9	below	below	ADP	_	12 point	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 point	det
11	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 point	compound
12	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	a liquid	a gas		liquid's surface below the boiling point			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

A solid becomes a liquid upon heating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 solid	det
2	solid	solid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liquid	det
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	xcomp
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 heating	case
7	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liquid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	a solid	a liquid upon heating					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A gas becomes a liquid upon cooling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gas	det
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liquid	det
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	xcomp
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 cooling	case
7	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liquid	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	a gas	a liquid upon cooling					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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