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title: A yeast dough was prepared with water at a scalding temperature and… — Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: A yeast dough was prepared with water at a scalding temperature and failed to rise. Identify the most probable cause. Exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 2 · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

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A yeast dough was prepared with water at a scalding temperature and failed to rise. Identify the most probable cause.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** prepare, fail, not rise, identify · **To what, where:** yeast dough, scalding temperature, probable cause

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★» 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/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A yeast dough was prepared with water at a scalding temperature and failed to rise.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e2:1
# text = A yeast dough was prepared with water at a scalding temperature and failed to rise.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	scalding	scalding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past · passive |  | a yeast dough |  | a scalding temperature |  | with water | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument |
| 2 | **fail** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **rise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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:* Identify the most probable cause.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e2:2
# text = Identify the most probable cause.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the probable cause |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The flour contained too much protein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e2:o1:1
# text = The flour contained too much protein
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contained	contain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	protein	protein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | past | the flour | much protein |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme |

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

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The heat killed the yeast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e2:o2:1
# text = The heat killed the yeast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | the heat | the yeast |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yeast=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The gluten strands were insufficiently kneaded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e2:o3:1
# text = The gluten strands were insufficiently kneaded
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gluten	gluten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	strands	strand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	insufficiently	insufficiently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kneaded	knead	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 | **knead** | past · passive |  | the gluten strands |  |  |  | insufficiently *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The sugar had been fully dissolved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e2:o4:1
# text = The sugar had been fully dissolved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dissolved	dissolve	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 | **dissolve** | past · perfect · passive |  | the sugar |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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