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description: A cartoon chef "un-fries" an egg by putting it in the fridge. What is wrong? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 9 «Changes you can undo and changes you can't» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Changes you can undo and changes you can't

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A cartoon chef "un-fries" an egg by putting it in the fridge. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** un-fries egg · **What happens:** put, be · **To what, where:** chef, fridge

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 9 «Changes you can undo and changes you can't» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school. 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/9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon chef "un-fries" an egg by putting it in the fridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo:t4:1
# text = A cartoon chef "un-fries" an egg by putting it in the fridge.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chef	chef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	un-fries	un-fry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	putting	put	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | gerund | a un-fries egg *not said here* | chef |  | the fridge |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in fridge=Destination |

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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:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo:t4:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cooling cannot undo a cooked egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo:t4:o1:1
# text = Cooling cannot undo a cooked egg
1	Cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	undo	undo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **undo** | can | Cooling | a cooked egg |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 2 | **cook** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would only work in a very cold freezer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo:t4:o2:1
# text = It would only work in a very cold freezer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | would | It |  |  |  |  | in a cold freezer | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in freezer=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cold egg would turn into a chick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo:t4:o3:1
# text = The cold egg would turn into a chick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | the cold egg |  |  |  |  | into a chick *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into chick=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, eggs uncook when they get cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:9-changes-you-can-and-cannot-undo:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, eggs uncook when they get cold
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	uncook	uncook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | they |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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