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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a child-resistant closure? Exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 3 · Cleaning chemicals and safety at home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a child-resistant closure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Cleaning chemicals and safety at home» 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/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a child-resistant closure?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	resistant	resistant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	closure	closure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the function of a resistant closure |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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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It preserves the contents from deterioration by light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e3:o1:1
# text = It preserves the contents from deterioration by light
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	preserves	preserve	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	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | present | It | the contents |  |  |  | by light; from deterioration | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent contents=Beneficiary from deterioration=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It indicates that the contents are suitable for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e3:o2:1
# text = It indicates that the contents are suitable for children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | the contents |  |  |  |  | for children; suitable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It renders the contents entirely inaccessible to all persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e3:o3:1
# text = It renders the contents entirely inaccessible to all persons
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	renders	render	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	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	inaccessible	inaccessible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | It | the contents |  |  |  | inaccessible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Theme |

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

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It impedes, but does not wholly prevent, access by young children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:25-cleaning-chemicals-safety:e3:o4:1
# text = It impedes, but does not wholly prevent, access by young children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	impedes	impede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	access	access	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impede** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **not** **prevent** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **access** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by young children | tree rules |

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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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