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title: Identify the principal purpose of the process known as tempering. — Chocolate and sweets · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the process known as tempering. Exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Chocolate and sweets

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Identify the principal purpose of the process known as tempering.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, process · **What happens:** identify, know, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose, process

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» 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/2-chocolate-and-sweets/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the process known as tempering.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tempering	tempering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of the process |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | the process *not said here* |  |  |  | as tempering | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as tempering=Attribute |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the process |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To cause the fat to crystallise in a regular manner, yielding gloss and a clean snap

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e1:o1:1
# text = To cause the fat to crystallise in a regular manner, yielding gloss and a clean snap
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	crystallise	crystallise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	yielding	yield	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	gloss	gloss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	snap	snap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | the fat |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fat=Patient |
| 2 | **crystallise** | to-infinitive |  | the fat *not said here* |  | a regular manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **yield** | gerund |  | gloss and a clean snap |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gloss=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To impart a grey colouration to the surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e1:o2:1
# text = To impart a grey colouration to the surface
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	impart	impart	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colouration	colouration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impart** | to-infinitive |  | a grey colouration |  |  |  | to the surface | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To render the chocolate entirely free of sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e1:o3:1
# text = To render the chocolate entirely free of sugar
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | to-infinitive |  | the chocolate |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To remove the fat from the chocolate altogether

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e1:o4:1
# text = To remove the fat from the chocolate altogether
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  | the fat |  | the chocolate |  | altogether *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fat=Theme from chocolate=Source |

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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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