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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the constitution of ordinary matter? Exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What is everything made of?» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Exam question 1 · What is everything made of?

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the constitution of ordinary matter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, constitute · **To what, where:** constitution, ordinary matter

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What is everything made of?» of the chemistry 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/chemistry/1-what-is-everything-made-of/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the constitution of ordinary matter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	constitution	constitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | the constitution of ordinary matter |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **constitute** |  |  | ordinary matter |  |  |  |  | nom constitution «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Matter consists of the four elements earth, air, fire and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e1:o1:1
# text = Matter consists of the four elements earth, air, fire and water
1	Matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	elements	element	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | present | Matter |  |  |  |  | of the elements earth and air and fire and water | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Matter may be subdivided indefinitely without limit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e1:o2:1
# text = Matter may be subdivided indefinitely without limit
1	Matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	subdivided	subdivide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subdivide** | may · passive |  | Matter |  |  |  | without limit; indefinitely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only living matter is composed of particles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e1:o3:1
# text = Only living matter is composed of particles
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	particles	particle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive |  | living matter |  |  |  | of particles | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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All matter is composed of minute particles designated atoms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e1:o4:1
# text = All matter is composed of minute particles designated atoms
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	particles	particle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive |  | all matter |  |  |  | of minute particles and designated atoms | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **designate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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