--- title: Ascertain the condition under which granulated sugar dissolves more… — Let's test it! Experiments and fair te… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the condition under which granulated sugar dissolves more rapidly. Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Let's test it! Experiments and fair te…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests Ascertain the condition under which granulated sugar dissolves more rapidly. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, condition · **What happens:** ascertain, granulate, dissolve · **To what, where:** sugar This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths 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/myths/29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the condition under which granulated sugar dissolves more rapidly. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 granulated granulate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 dissolves dissolve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **granulate** | past | the condition | sugar | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient | | 3 | **dissolve** | present | the condition | | | | | rapidly *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} In water devoid of motion ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:e4:o1:1 # text = In water devoid of motion 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 3 devoid devoid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} In frozen water ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:e4:o2:1 # text = In frozen water 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} In cold water ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:e4:o3:1 # text = In cold water 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} In warm water ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:29-let-s-test-it-experiments-and-fair-tests:e4:o4:1 # text = In warm water 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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