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description: Determine which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of ordinary cola. Exam question 4 of lesson 19 «Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · Fizzy drinks, Mentos and cola

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Determine which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of ordinary cola.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** determine, follow, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** ordinary cola

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e4:1
# text = Determine which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of ordinary cola.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a ordinary cola |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cola=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It contains approximately seven teaspoons of sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e4:o1:1
# text = It contains approximately seven teaspoons of sugar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	teaspoons	teaspoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | seven teaspoons of sugar |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teaspoon=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It contains no sugar whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e4:o2:1
# text = It contains no sugar whatsoever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	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 | **contain** | present | It | no sugar |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It contains approximately one teaspoon of sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e4:o3:1
# text = It contains approximately one teaspoon of sugar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	teaspoon	teaspoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | one teaspoon of sugar |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teaspoon=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It contains sweeteners only and no sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola:e4:o4:1
# text = It contains sweeteners only and no sugar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sweeteners	sweetener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | It | sweeteners |  |  |  | no sugar *obl* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sweetener=Theme |

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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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