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title: It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and froz… — Melting, freezing and boiling · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and frozen. State the likely consequence. Exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Exam question 3 · Melting, freezing and boiling

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It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and frozen. State the likely consequence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** give, enclose, seal, freeze · **To what, where:** It, water, sealed rigid vessel

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Melting, freezing and boiling» of the physics 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/physics/24-melting-freezing-and-boiling/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and frozen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:e3:1
# text = It is given that water is enclosed in a sealed rigid vessel and frozen.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	enclosed	enclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
11	rigid	rigid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enclose** | present · passive |  | that water |  | a sealed rigid vessel |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* State the likely consequence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:e3:2
# text = State the likely consequence.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

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

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The vessel may fracture owing to the expansion of the water upon freezing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:e3:o1:1
# text = The vessel may fracture owing to the expansion of the water upon freezing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fracture	fracture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	expansion	expansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fracture** | may | the vessel |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **owe** | gerund | the vessel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the expansion of the water *goal*; upon freezing | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to expansion=Goal |
| 3 | **expand** |  |  | the water |  |  |  |  | nom expansion «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No alteration of volume will occur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:e3:o2:1
# text = No alteration of volume will occur
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | future | no alteration of volume |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **alter** |  |  | volume |  |  |  |  | nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The vessel will contract and remain sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:e3:o3:1
# text = The vessel will contract and remain sound
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	contract	contract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contract** | future | the vessel |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **remain** | infinitive | the vessel *not said here* | sound |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sound=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The water will contract and leave a void

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:24-melting-freezing-and-boiling:e3:o4:1
# text = The water will contract and leave a void
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	contract	contract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	void	void	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contract** | future | the water |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | a void |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent void=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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