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title: Identify the term by which the reaction between an acid and an alkal… — Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the term by which the reaction between an acid and an alkali is designated. Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids» 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 
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# Exam question 1 · Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids

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Identify the term by which the reaction between an acid and an alkali is designated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term · **What happens:** identify, designate · **To what, where:** term, reaction

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Alkalis and soda, and how they cancel acids» 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/16-alkalis-and-soda/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:e1:1
# text = Identify the term by which the reaction between an acid and an alkali is designated.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	alkali	alkali	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 term |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | present · passive | the term | the reaction between a acid and a alkali |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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Condensation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:e1:o1:1
# text = Condensation
1	Condensation	condensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Neutralisation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:e1:o2:1
# text = Neutralisation
1	Neutralisation	neutralisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fermentation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:e1:o3:1
# text = Fermentation
1	Fermentation	fermentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Evaporation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:16-alkalis-and-soda:e1:o4:1
# text = Evaporation
1	Evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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