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description: It is given that hard water is heated in a kettle. Select the observation consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 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;
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# Exam question 3 · Water: the most amazing liquid

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It is given that hard water is heated in a kettle. Select the observation consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, heat, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, hard water, observation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that hard water is heated in a kettle.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e3:1
# text = It is given that hard water is heated in a kettle.
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	_	8	mark	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | **heat** | present · passive |  | hard water |  |  |  | in a kettle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in kettle=Instrument |

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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 observation consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e3:2
# text = Select the observation 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	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
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 observation |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent observation=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 water ceases to boil entirely and remains cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e3:o1:1
# text = The water ceases to boil entirely and remains cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	boil	boil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the water |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **boil** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **remain** | present | the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The kettle becomes magnetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e3:o2:1
# text = The kettle becomes magnetic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	magnetic	magnetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The water turns a pale blue in colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e3:o3:1
# text = The water turns a pale blue in colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the water | a pale blue |  |  |  | in colour | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent blue=Patient in colour=Topic |

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

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A white deposit of limescale accumulates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:34-water-amazing-liquid:e3:o4:1
# text = A white deposit of limescale accumulates
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	limescale	limescale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	accumulates	accumulate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accumulate** | present | a white deposit of limescale |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **deposit** |  |  | limescale |  |  |  |  | nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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