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title: Identify the agent responsible for the rising of bread dough. — From field to plate: wheat, flour and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the agent responsible for the rising of bread dough. Exam question 1 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

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Identify the agent responsible for the rising of bread dough.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, bread dough · **What happens:** identify, rise · **To what, where:** agent

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e1:1
# text = Identify the agent responsible for the rising of bread dough.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the agent |  |  |  | responsible *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rise** |  | bread dough |  |  |  |  |  | nom rising «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The expansion of flour upon contact with the heat of the oven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e1:o1:1
# text = The expansion of flour upon contact with the heat of the oven
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expansion	expansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expand** |  |  | flour |  |  |  | upon contact with the heat of the oven | nom expansion «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |
| 2 | **heat** |  | the oven |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A chemical reaction of salt with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e1:o2:1
# text = A chemical reaction of salt with water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **react** |  | salt with water |  |  |  |  |  | nom reaction «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Air introduced by the windmill during the grinding of the grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e1:o3:1
# text = Air introduced by the windmill during the grinding of the grain
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	windmill	windmill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grinding	grinding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | participle |  | Air *not said here* |  |  | during the grinding of the grain | by the windmill | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yeast, a microscopic fungus that liberates gas upon consuming sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:e1:o4:1
# text = Yeast, a microscopic fungus that liberates gas upon consuming sugar
1	Yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	microscopic	microscopic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fungus	fungus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	liberates	liberate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	consuming	consume	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **liberate** | present | a microscopic fungus | gas |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme |
| 2 | **consume** | gerund | a microscopic fungus *not said here* | sugar |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Asset |

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