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title: "frozen chicken's been in the freezer ages so the germs are all dead… — Browning apples, rotting and mould · tree and pragmatics
description: "frozen chicken's been in the freezer ages so the germs are all dead, right?" Test 6 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Browning apples, rotting and mould

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"frozen chicken's been in the freezer ages so the germs are all dead, right?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frozen chicken · **What happens:** freeze, be · **To what, where:** freezer ages

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» 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/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t6:1
# text = "frozen chicken's been in the freezer ages so the germs are all dead, right?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | frozen chicken |  |  |  | in the freezer ages | all, dead *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, but only after a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only after a year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, freezing kills every germ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, freezing kills every germ
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	germ	germ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, freezing makes germs grow faster and faster in the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t6:o3:1
# text = No, freezing makes germs grow faster and faster in the cold
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	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 | **make** | present | freezing | germs |  | the cold |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | germs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, freezing mostly stops germs but doesn't kill them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t6:o4:1
# text = No, freezing mostly stops germs but doesn't kill them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | present |  | germs |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality germ=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **kill** | present · do-support |  | germs *= germ* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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