--- title: Identify the substance whose discovery is attributed to the observat… — Famous discoveries told as stories · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the substance whose discovery is attributed to the observation by Alexander Fleming of mould upon a neglected culture dish in 1928. Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Famous discoveries told as stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/35-famous-discoveries-stories/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Famous discoveries told as stories Identify the substance whose discovery is attributed to the observation by Alexander Fleming of mould upon a neglected culture dish in 1928. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Alexander Fleming · **What happens:** identify, attribute, neglect · **To what, where:** substance, discovery This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «Famous discoveries told as stories» 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/35-famous-discoveries-stories/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e1:1 # text = Identify the substance whose discovery is attributed to the observation by Alexander Fleming of mould upon a neglected culture dish in 1928. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 attributed attribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 observation observation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Alexander Alexander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Fleming Fleming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 neglected neglect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 19 culture culture NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 1928 1928 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme | | 2 | **attribute** | present · passive | Alexander Fleming of mould | discovery | | | | to the observation; upon a neglected culture dish in 1928 | tree rules | | 3 | **neglect** | participle | | | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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} Oxygen ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e1:o1:1 # text = Oxygen 1 Oxygen oxygen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Radium ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e1:o2:1 # text = Radium 1 Radium radium NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Soda water ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e1:o3:1 # text = Soda water 1 Soda Soda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Penicillin ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:35-famous-discoveries-stories:e1:o4:1 # text = Penicillin 1 Penicillin penicillin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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