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title: It is given that confectionery with a rough surface is introduced in… — Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that confectionery with a rough surface is introduced into diet cola. Select the statement most accurately characterising the resulting fountain. Exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

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It is given that confectionery with a rough surface is introduced into diet cola. Select the statement most accurately characterising the resulting fountain.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, statement · **What happens:** give, introduce, select, characteris, result · **To what, where:** It, confectionery, diet cola, statement, resulting fountain

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» 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/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that confectionery with a rough surface is introduced into diet cola.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e2:1
# text = It is given that confectionery with a rough surface is introduced into diet cola.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **introduce** | present · passive |  | that confectionery with a rough surface |  | diet cola |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the statement most accurately characterising the resulting fountain.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e2:2
# text = Select the statement most accurately characterising the resulting fountain.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	characterising	characteris	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	resulting	result	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 statement |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | gerund | the statement *not said here* | the resulting fountain |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **result** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It results principally from very rapid bubble formation upon the rough surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e2:o1:1
# text = It results principally from very rapid bubble formation upon the rough surface
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It results from the melting of the confectionery into vapour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e2:o2:1
# text = It results from the melting of the confectionery into vapour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** |  |  | the confectionery |  |  |  |  | nom melting «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It results from the magnetic attraction of the sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e2:o3:1
# text = It results from the magnetic attraction of the sweets
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	attraction	attraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** |  |  | the sweets |  |  |  |  | nom attraction «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It results principally from a chemical reaction producing an entirely new gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e2:o4:1
# text = It results principally from a chemical reaction producing an entirely new gas
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	producing	produce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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

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