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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of boiling upon drinking water? Exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Water: the most amazing liquid

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of boiling upon drinking water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** effect · **What happens:** follow, characteris, drink, effect · **To what, where:** effect, water, boiling

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Water: the most amazing liquid» 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/34-water-amazing-liquid/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of boiling upon drinking water?
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	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 effect of boiling |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund | the effect of boiling *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 4 | **effect** |  |  | boiling |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All dissolved salts are removed entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e2:o1:1
# text = All dissolved salts are removed entirely
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	salts	salt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **remove** | present · passive |  | all dissolved salts |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All chemical contaminants are eliminated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e2:o2:1
# text = All chemical contaminants are eliminated
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	contaminants	contaminant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	eliminated	eliminate	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 | **eliminate** | present · passive |  | all chemical contaminants |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The water is converted into a different substance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e2:o3:1
# text = The water is converted into a different substance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	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	converted	convert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present · passive |  | the water |  |  |  | into a different substance *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into substance=Result |

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

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Most germs are destroyed, but dissolved salt remains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e2:o4:1
# text = Most germs are destroyed, but dissolved salt remains
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | Most germs |  |  |  | dissolved salt remains *obl* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **dissolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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