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title: It is given that the combustion of coal, oil and gas releases carbon… — The air we breathe · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the combustion of coal, oil and gas releases carbon dioxide. Select the consequence consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · The air we breathe

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It is given that the combustion of coal, oil and gas releases carbon dioxide. Select the consequence consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** combustion, coal, you · **What happens:** give, dioxide, combust, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, consequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 33 «The air we breathe» 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/33-the-air-we-breathe/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the combustion of coal, oil and gas releases carbon dioxide.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:e3:1
# text = It is given that the combustion of coal, oil and gas releases carbon dioxide.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	combustion	combustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	releases	release	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
14	carbon	carbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **dioxide** |  | the combustion of coal and oil and gas releases |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **combust** |  | coal |  |  |  |  |  | nom combustion «process 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the consequence consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:e3:2
# text = Select the consequence consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 consequence |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The oxygen content rises markedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:e3:o1:1
# text = The oxygen content rises markedly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	markedly	markedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | the oxygen content |  |  |  |  | markedly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Additional heat is retained by the atmosphere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:e3:o2:1
# text = Additional heat is retained by the atmosphere
1	Additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present · passive | the atmosphere | Additional heat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ozone layer is immediately restored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:e3:o3:1
# text = The ozone layer is immediately restored
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ozone	ozone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | present · passive |  | the ozone layer |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The atmosphere becomes cooler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:33-the-air-we-breathe:e3:o4:1
# text = The atmosphere becomes cooler
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cooler	cool	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the atmosphere |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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