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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a bo… — Chocolate and sweets · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a boiled sweet? Exam question 3 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 3 · Chocolate and sweets

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a boiled sweet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, boil · **To what, where:** boiled sweet

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a boiled sweet?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a boiled sweet |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **boil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Sugar syrup from which almost all water has been driven off, forming a sugar glass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e3:o1:1
# text = Sugar syrup from which almost all water has been driven off, forming a sugar glass
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	forming	form	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive off** | present · perfect · passive |  | all water |  | Sugar syrup |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from which=Trajectory |
| 2 | **form** | gerund |  | a sugar glass |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location glass=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A jelly stiffened by prolonged freezing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e3:o2:1
# text = A jelly stiffened by prolonged freezing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stiffened	stiffen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stiffen** | participle |  | a jelly *not said here* |  |  |  | by prolonged freezing | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A confection into which molten glass has been incorporated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e3:o3:1
# text = A confection into which molten glass has been incorporated
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	confection	confection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	molten	molten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	incorporated	incorporate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incorporate** | present · perfect · passive |  | a confection into molten glass |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A baked product resembling bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:2-chocolate-and-sweets:e3:o4:1
# text = A baked product resembling bread
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	resembling	resemble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **resemble** | gerund | a baked product *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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