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title: Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven". Why does that work? — Bread rising: yeast at work · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven". Why does that work? Test 5 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 right.
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# Test 5 · Bread rising: yeast at work

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Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven". Why does that work?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stale bread, that · **What happens:** pop, work · **To what, where:** Gran, oven

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t5:1
# text = Gran: "stale bread? pop it in the oven".
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
7	pop	pop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** *in a quote* | infinitive | stale bread | Gran |  | the oven |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:* Why does that work?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t5:2
# text = Why does that work?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **work** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Warming softens it for a while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t5:o1:1
# text = Warming softens it for a while
1	Warming	warming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	softens	soften	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** | present | Warming | it |  |  | while |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The oven adds fresh yeast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t5:o2:1
# text = The oven adds fresh yeast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | the oven | fresh yeast |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yeast=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The oven puts sugar back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t5:o3:1
# text = The oven puts sugar back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put back** | present | the oven | sugar |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sugar=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Heat turns the bread back into dough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work:t5:o4:1
# text = Heat turns the bread back into dough
1	Heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | present | Heat | the bread |  | dough |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

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