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# Exam question 3 · How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cooking of food with alcohol.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, food · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, cook · **To what, where:** response, cooking

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» 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/30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cooking of food with alcohol.
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	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 cooking of food with alcohol |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cooking=Experiencer |
| 5 | **cook** |  | food with alcohol |  |  |  |  |  | nom cooking «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The alcohol is entirely eliminated instantaneously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e3:o1:1
# text = The alcohol is entirely eliminated instantaneously
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eliminated	eliminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	instantaneously	instantaneously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eliminate** | present · passive |  | the alcohol |  |  |  | entirely, instantaneously *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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A proportion of the alcohol invariably remains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e3:o2:1
# text = A proportion of the alcohol invariably remains
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | a proportion of the alcohol |  |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The alcohol content increases with heating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e3:o3:1
# text = The alcohol content increases with heating
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	content	content	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | the alcohol content |  |  |  |  | with heating | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The alcohol is converted wholly into water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:e3:o4:1
# text = The alcohol is converted wholly into water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	converted	convert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present · passive |  | the alcohol |  |  |  | into water *result*; wholly *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into water=Result |

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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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