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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning respiration and combustion. Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «The candle and what burning is» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 3 · The candle and what burning is

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning respiration and combustion.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, respiration

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «The candle and what burning is» 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/11-the-candle-and-burning/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:11-the-candle-and-burning:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning respiration and combustion.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	respiration	respiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	combustion	combustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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* | respiration and combustion |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus respiration=Experiencer |

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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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Respiration produces oxygen, whereas combustion consumes it entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:11-the-candle-and-burning:e3:o1:1
# text = Respiration produces oxygen, whereas combustion consumes it entirely
1	Respiration	respiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	combustion	combustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | Respiration | oxygen |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oxygen=Result |
| 2 | **consume** | present | combustion | oxygen |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Respiration requires an open flame within the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:11-the-candle-and-burning:e3:o2:1
# text = Respiration requires an open flame within the body
1	Respiration	respiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Respiration | a open flame |  |  |  | within the body | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flame=Precondition |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both combine carbon-based substances with oxygen, liberating energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:11-the-candle-and-burning:e3:o3:1
# text = Both combine carbon-based substances with oxygen, liberating energy
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	combine	combine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	liberating	liberate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | present | Both | based substances |  |  |  | with oxygen | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent substance=Patient with oxygen=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **base** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **liberate** | gerund | Both *not said here* | energy |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Combustion requires no oxygen whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:11-the-candle-and-burning:e3:o4:1
# text = Combustion requires no oxygen whatsoever
1	Combustion	combustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Combustion | no oxygen |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oxygen=Precondition |

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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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