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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Cooking is chemistry · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the browning of meat in a hot pan? Exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Cooking is chemistry» 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 was right
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# Exam question 1 · Cooking is chemistry

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the browning of meat in a hot pan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** browning

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Cooking is chemistry» 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/10-cooking-is-chemistry/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:10-cooking-is-chemistry:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the browning of meat in a hot pan?
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	browning	browning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 browning of meat in a hot pan |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A reaction between sugars and proteins producing new flavour molecules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:10-cooking-is-chemistry:e1:o1:1
# text = A reaction between sugars and proteins producing new flavour molecules
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sugars	sugar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	proteins	protein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	producing	produce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	molecules	molecule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | gerund | proteins *not said here* | new flavour molecules |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent molecule=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The deposition of pigment from the pan upon the surface of the meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:10-cooking-is-chemistry:e1:o2:1
# text = The deposition of pigment from the pan upon the surface of the meat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deposition	deposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pigment	pigment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depose** |  | pigment |  |  | the pan |  | upon the surface of the meat | nom deposition «process intransitive»: of=agent from=place upon=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A purely physical change wholly reversible on cooling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:10-cooking-is-chemistry:e1:o3:1
# text = A purely physical change wholly reversible on cooling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	purely	purely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	reversible	reversible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The rusting of iron contained in the meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:10-cooking-is-chemistry:e1:o4:1
# text = The rusting of iron contained in the meat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rusting	rusting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | participle |  | the rusting of iron *not said here* |  | the meat |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in meat=Location |

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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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