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title: Identify the principal reason for which crisp packets are filled wit… — Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which crisp packets are filled with nitrogen gas. Exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy

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Identify the principal reason for which crisp packets are filled with nitrogen gas.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, fill · **To what, where:** principal reason, crisp packets

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy» 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/3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which crisp packets are filled with nitrogen gas.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	crisp	crisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	packets	packet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	nitrogen	nitrogen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **fill** | present · passive |  | crisp packets |  |  |  | for the principal reason; with nitrogen gas | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with gas=Instrument |

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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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To impart flavour to the crisps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:e1:o1:1
# text = To impart flavour to the crisps
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	impart	impart	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impart** | to-infinitive |  | flavour |  |  |  | to the crisps | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To render the packet capable of floating in air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:e1:o2:1
# text = To render the packet capable of floating in air
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | to-infinitive |  | the packet |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent packet=Theme |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  | air |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To preserve freshness and to cushion the contents against breakage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:e1:o3:1
# text = To preserve freshness and to cushion the contents against breakage
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	freshness	freshness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cushion	cushion	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	obj	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	breakage	breakage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  | freshness |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freshness=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **cushion** | to-infinitive |  | the contents |  |  |  | against breakage | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To deceive the purchaser as to the quantity of crisps contained therein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy:e1:o4:1
# text = To deceive the purchaser as to the quantity of crisps contained therein
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deceive** | to-infinitive |  | the purchaser |  |  |  | as the quantity of crisps | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchaser=Patient |
| 2 | **contain** | participle |  | crisps *not said here* |  |  |  | therein *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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