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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rising of a cake prepared without yeast. Exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Bread rising: yeast at work» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 4 · Bread rising: yeast at work

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rising of a cake prepared without yeast.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, cake · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, prepare, rise · **To what, where:** response, rising, cake

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Bread rising: yeast at work» 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/21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rising of a cake prepared without yeast.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the rising of a cake |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rising=Experiencer |
| 4 | **prepare** | participle |  | a cake *not said here* |  |  |  | without yeast | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **rise** |  | a cake |  |  |  |  |  | nom rising «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The cake rises through the action of mould spores

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:e4:o1:1
# text = The cake rises through the action of mould spores
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	mould	mould	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	spores	spore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | the cake |  |  | the action of mould spores |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through action=Location |
| 2 | **act** |  | mould spores |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Baking powder or whisked eggs supply gas that expands in the heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:e4:o2:1
# text = Baking powder or whisked eggs supply gas that expands in the heat
1	Baking	baking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	whisked	whisk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	amod	_	_
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	supply	supply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	expands	expand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisk** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **supply** | present | Baking powder or whisked eggs | gas |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Recipient |
| 3 | **expand** | present | gas |  |  | the heat |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cake cannot rise in the absence of yeast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:e4:o3:1
# text = The cake cannot rise in the absence of yeast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rise** | can | the cake |  |  | the absence of yeast |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in absence=Location |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | yeast |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cake rises because sugar becomes lighter than air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:e4:o4:1
# text = The cake rises because sugar becomes lighter than air
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | the cake |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | present | sugar |  |  |  |  | light *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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