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title: Ascertain the number of ice cubes remaining in a tray of three rows… — Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and he… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the number of ice cubes remaining in a tray of three rows of six cubes, it being given that seven cubes have been removed. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps

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Ascertain the number of ice cubes remaining in a tray of three rows of six cubes, it being given that seven cubes have been removed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ice cubes · **What happens:** ascertain, remain, give, remove · **To what, where:** number, tray, seven cubes

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps» of the technology 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/technology/10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the number of ice cubes remaining in a tray of three rows of six cubes, it being given that seven cubes have been removed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cubes	cube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	cubes	cube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
22	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	cubes	cube	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of ice cubes |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **remain** | gerund | ice cubes *not said here* |  |  | a tray of three rows of six cubes |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tray=Location |
| 3 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | number |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **remove** | present · perfect · passive |  | seven cubes |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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Thirteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:e4:o1:1
# text = Thirteen
1	Thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:e4:o2:1
# text = Eighteen
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:e4:o3:1
# text = Ten
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps:e4:o4:1
# text = Eleven
1	Eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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