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title: Identify, from among the following, the state of matter most readily… — Solids, liquids and gases · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify, from among the following, the state of matter most readily compressed. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the world 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 2 · Solids, liquids and gases

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Identify, from among the following, the state of matter most readily compressed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, follow, compress · **To what, where:** state, matter

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Solids, liquids and gases» of the world 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/world/11-solids-liquids-gases/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:e2:1
# text = Identify, from among the following, the state of matter most readily compressed.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	compressed	compress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | the state of matter |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **compress** | participle |  | matter *not said here* |  |  |  | readily *property* | vn bend-45.2 «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 {#o1}

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A solid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:e2:o1:1
# text = A solid
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All states are compressed equally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:e2:o2:1
# text = All states are compressed equally
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	compressed	compress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compress** | present · passive |  | all states |  |  |  | equally *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

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A gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:e2:o3:1
# text = A gas
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A liquid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:11-solids-liquids-gases:e2:o4:1
# text = A liquid
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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