--- title: Whereas ice is undergoing melting, ascertain the temperature thereof… — Melting, freezing and boiling · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas ice is undergoing melting, ascertain the temperature thereof until the process is complete. Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Melting, freezing and boiling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/12-melting-freezing-boiling/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Melting, freezing and boiling Whereas ice is undergoing melting, ascertain the temperature thereof until the process is complete. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** process · **What happens:** undergo, ascertain, be · **To what, where:** melting, temperature This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Melting, freezing and boiling» 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/12-melting-freezing-boiling/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:e2:1 # text = Whereas ice is undergoing melting, ascertain the temperature thereof until the process is complete. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 undergoing undergo VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 melting melting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 11 until until SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undergo** | present · progressive | | melting | | | | whereas ice | tree rules | | 2 | **ascertain** | infinitive | | the temperature | | | | thereof *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | the process | | | | | complete *property* | tree rules | 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} It falls steadily throughout ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:e2:o1:1 # text = It falls steadily throughout 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 steadily steadily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 throughout throughout PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | It | | | | | steadily *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It rises steadily throughout ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:e2:o2:1 # text = It rises steadily throughout 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 steadily steadily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 throughout throughout ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | It | | | | | steadily, throughout *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It fluctuates unpredictably ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:e2:o3:1 # text = It fluctuates unpredictably 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fluctuates fluctuate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unpredictably unpredictably ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fluctuate** | present | It | | | | | unpredictably *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It remains at zero degrees Celsius ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:12-melting-freezing-boiling:e2:o4:1 # text = It remains at zero degrees Celsius 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 Celsius Celsius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | It | | | zero degrees Celsius | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at degree=Location | **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. 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