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title: Identify the principal reason for which a warm carbonated drink lose… — Bottles, cans and recycling · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a warm carbonated drink loses its effervescence more rapidly than a cold one. Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 2 · Bottles, cans and recycling

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Identify the principal reason for which a warm carbonated drink loses its effervescence more rapidly than a cold one.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, warm carbonated drink, drink · **What happens:** identify, carbonate, lose, effervesce · **To what, where:** principal reason, effervescence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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/4-bottles-cans-and-recycling/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a warm carbonated drink loses its effervescence more rapidly than a cold one.
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	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	carbonated	carbonate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	effervescence	effervescence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
15	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **carbonate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | present | a warm carbonated drink | drink's effervescence |  |  |  | for the principal reason; rapidly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effervescence=Eventuality |
| 4 | **effervesce** |  | drink |  |  |  |  |  | nom effervescence «process intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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The container ceases to be sealed when warmed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:e2:o1:1
# text = The container ceases to be sealed when warmed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	container	container	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	warmed	warm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the container |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **seal** | to-infinitive · passive | the container *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **warm** | participle | the container *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A warm liquid contains a greater quantity of sugar than a cold one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:e2:o2:1
# text = A warm liquid contains a greater quantity of sugar than a cold one
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | a warm liquid | a greater quantity of sugar |  |  |  | than a cold one | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot quantity=Theme |

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

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A warm liquid retains less dissolved gas than a cold liquid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:e2:o3:1
# text = A warm liquid retains less dissolved gas than a cold liquid
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	retains	retain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present | a warm liquid | dissolved gas |  |  |  | than a cold liquid | tree rules |
| 2 | **dissolve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Warmth converts the gas into water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:e2:o4:1
# text = Warmth converts the gas into water
1	Warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	converts	convert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** | present | Warmth | the gas |  |  |  | into water *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent gas=Patient into water=Result |

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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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