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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises condensation? Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises condensation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** condensation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing» 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/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises condensation?
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	condensation	condensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |  | condensation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The conversion of a liquid into a solid by cooling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e1:o1:1
# text = The conversion of a liquid into a solid by cooling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  | cooling | a liquid |  | a solid |  |  | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient into=place by=agent |

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

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The conversion of a vapour into a liquid upon contact with a cooler surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e1:o2:1
# text = The conversion of a vapour into a liquid upon contact with a cooler surface
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cooler	cool	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  |  | a vapour |  | a liquid |  | upon contact with a cooler surface | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient into=place upon=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The conversion of a solid into a liquid by the application of heat from without

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e1:o3:1
# text = The conversion of a solid into a liquid by the application of heat from without
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	2	nmod	_	_
15	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  | the application of heat | a solid |  | a liquid |  |  | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient into=place by=agent |
| 2 | **apply** |  | heat |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The conversion of a liquid into a vapour at its surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e1:o4:1
# text = The conversion of a liquid into a vapour at its surface
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vapour	vapour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  |  | a liquid |  | a vapour at vapour's surface |  |  | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient into=place |

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