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description: Ollie's dough is in the fridge and hardly rising. His sister says the yeast is dead. What's more likely? Test 1 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; Mova's choice was r
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# Test 1 · Bread rising: yeast at work

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Ollie's dough is in the fridge and hardly rising. His sister says the yeast is dead. What's more likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dough, sister, yeast · **What happens:** be, rise, say · **To what, where:** fridge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 21 «Bread rising: yeast at work» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie's dough is in the fridge and hardly rising.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:1
# text = Ollie's dough is in the fridge and hardly rising.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ollie's dough |  |  | the fridge |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | Ollie's dough *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* His sister says the yeast is dead.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:2
# text = His sister says the yeast is dead.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ollie's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the yeast |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's more likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:3
# text = What's more likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The flour has turned to salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:o1:1
# text = The flour has turned to salt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present · perfect | the flour |  |  | salt |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to salt=Trajectory |

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

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It's just working slowly in the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:o2:1
# text = It's just working slowly in the cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | in the cold; slowly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dough never rises in a fridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:o3:1
# text = Dough never rises in a fridge
1	Dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rise** | present | Dough |  |  | a fridge |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fridge=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, fridges kill all yeast at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, fridges kill all yeast at once
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fridges	fridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | fridges | all yeast |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yeast=Theme |

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