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description: Ascertain the mass of the water obtained upon the complete melting of an ice cube whereof the mass is ten grams. Exam question 4 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; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · What is everything made of?

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Ascertain the mass of the water obtained upon the complete melting of an ice cube whereof the mass is ten grams.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mass · **What happens:** ascertain, obtain, be, melt · **To what, where:** mass, water, ten grams, ice cube

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the mass of the water obtained upon the complete melting of an ice cube whereof the mass is ten grams.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cube	cube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	whereof	whereof	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mass of the water |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Topic |
| 2 | **obtain** | participle |  | the water *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the complete melting of a ice cube | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the mass | ten grams |  |  |  | whereof *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **melt** |  |  | a ice cube |  |  |  |  | nom melting «process 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ten grams, the quantity of matter being unaltered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e4:o1:1
# text = Ten grams, the quantity of matter being unaltered
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Ten grams |  |  |  |  | unaltered *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Less than ten grams, owing to the loss of molecules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e4:o2:1
# text = Less than ten grams, owing to the loss of molecules
1	Less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	molecules	molecule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | ten grams *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the loss of molecules *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to loss=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Zero grams, liquids being without mass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e4:o3:1
# text = Zero grams, liquids being without mass
1	Zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Zero grams and liquids |  |  |  |  | without mass | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More than ten grams, owing to absorption of heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:1-what-is-everything-made-of:e4:o4:1
# text = More than ten grams, owing to absorption of heat
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	absorption	absorption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund | ten grams *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to absorption of heat *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to absorption=Goal |
| 2 | **absorb** |  |  | heat |  |  |  |  | nom absorption «process transitive»: of=patient |

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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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