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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the boiling of water at high altitude. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Melting, freezing, boiling and condensing

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the boiling of water at high altitude.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, boiling, high altitude

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the boiling of water at high altitude.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	altitude	altitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the boiling of water |  | high altitude |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boiling=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Water boils at a temperature lower than 100 °C

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e3:o1:1
# text = Water boils at a temperature lower than 100 °C
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
9	°	°	SYM	SYM	_	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	C	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present | Water |  |  | a temperature |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Water boils at a temperature higher than 100 °C

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e3:o2:1
# text = Water boils at a temperature higher than 100 °C
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	°	°	SYM	SYM	_	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	C	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present | Water | 100 ° C |  | a temperature |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Water cannot be brought to the boil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e3:o3:1
# text = Water cannot be brought to the boil
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boil	boil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bring** | can · passive |  | Water |  | the boil |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to boil=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Water boils at exactly 100 °C invariably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing:e3:o4:1
# text = Water boils at exactly 100 °C invariably
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boils	boil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	°	°	SYM	SYM	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | present | Water |  |  | 100 ° C |  | invariably *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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