Exam question 2 · Evaporation and condensation

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the white cloud issuing from a kettle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, white cloud · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, issue · To what, where: response, white cloud, kettle

This is exam question 2 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cloud	det
13	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cloud	amod
14	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 cloud	acl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 kettle	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 kettle	det
18	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 issuing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	the white cloud			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cloud=Experiencer
5	issue	gerund	the white cloud not said here		a kettle		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It consists of minute drops of liquid water

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 drops	case
4	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drops	compound
5	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consists	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	liquid	liquid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drops	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of minute drops of liquid water	tree rules

Option 2

It consists of smoke from the heating element

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 smoke	case
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 element	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 element	det
7	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 element	compound
8	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It			the heating element		of smoke	tree rules

Option 3

It consists of air expelled from the water

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 air	case
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl
5	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 air	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of air	tree rules
2	expel	participle		air not said here		the water			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from water=Source

Option 4

It consists of invisible water vapour

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	2 consists	nsubj
2	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 vapour	case
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vapour	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vapour	compound
6	vapour	vapour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consist	present	It					of invisible water vapour	tree rules

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