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# Exam question 3 · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of liquid placed within a freezer.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, place · **To what, where:** response, liquid

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a can of liquid placed within a freezer.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	within	within	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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* | a liquid |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus liquid=Experiencer |
| 5 | **place** | participle |  | a liquid *not said here* |  |  |  | within a freezer | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The can is preserved without change indefinitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e3:o1:1
# text = The can is preserved without change indefinitely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  | without change; indefinitely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The liquid contracts upon freezing and the can is crushed inwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e3:o2:1
# text = The liquid contracts upon freezing and the can is crushed inwards
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	contracts	contract	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	crushed	crush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	inwards	inwards	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crush** | can · passive |  | the liquid contracts upon freezing |  |  |  | inwards *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The can becomes electrified by the cold metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e3:o3:1
# text = The can becomes electrified by the cold metal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	electrified	electrify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **electrify** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  | by the cold metal | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The liquid expands upon freezing and the can may burst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e3:o4:1
# text = The liquid expands upon freezing and the can may burst
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	expands	expand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	burst	burst	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expand** | present | the liquid |  |  |  |  | upon freezing | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **burst** | may | the liquid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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