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title: State why tinned pineapple, unlike fresh pineapple, permits a gelati… — Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: State why tinned pineapple, unlike fresh pineapple, permits a gelatine jelly to set. Exam question 4 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 of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: kitchen chemistry puzzles ★★★

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State why tinned pineapple, unlike fresh pineapple, permits a gelatine jelly to set.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State tinned pineapple · **What happens:** tin, permit, set · **To what, where:** gelatine jelly

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e4:1
# text = State why tinned pineapple, unlike fresh pineapple, permits a gelatine jelly to set.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
3	tinned	tin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	pineapple	pineapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	unlike	unlike	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pineapple	pineapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	gelatine	gelatine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **permit** | present | State tinned pineapple and fresh pineapple | a gelatine jelly |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jelly=Theme |
| 3 | **set** | to-infinitive | State tinned pineapple and fresh pineapple *not said here* | a gelatine jelly *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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Canning adds extra sugar, which hardens the jelly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e4:o1:1
# text = Canning adds extra sugar, which hardens the jelly
1	Canning	can	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hardens	harden	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present |  | extra sugar |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |
| 3 | **harden** | present | extra sugar | the jelly |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent jelly=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Heating during canning spoils the substance that cuts gelatine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e4:o2:1
# text = Heating during canning spoils the substance that cuts gelatine
1	Heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	during	during	ADP	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	canning	can	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	spoils	spoil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	gelatine	gelatine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | gerund | Heating *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spoil** | present | Heating | the substance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cut** | present | the substance | gelatine |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gelatine=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tinned fruit contains no water whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e4:o3:1
# text = Tinned fruit contains no water whatsoever
1	Tinned	tin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **contain** | present | Tinned fruit | no water |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot water=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Canning makes the fruit too cold to react

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles:e4:o4:1
# text = Canning makes the fruit too cold to react
1	Canning	can	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	react	react	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the fruit |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fruit=Product |
| 3 | **react** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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