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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises evap… — Evaporation and condensation · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises evaporation? Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» 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 1 · Evaporation and condensation

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises evaporation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** evaporation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Evaporation and condensation» 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/13-evaporation-condensation/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises evaporation?
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	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 |  | evaporation |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 liquid becomes a gas solely upon reaching the boiling point, never below it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e1:o1:1
# text = A liquid becomes a gas solely upon reaching the boiling point, never below it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	below	below	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | a liquid | a gas |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund | a liquid *not said here* | the boiling point |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent point=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A liquid becomes a gas at its surface below the boiling point

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e1:o2:1
# text = A liquid becomes a gas at its surface below the boiling point
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	below	below	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | a liquid | a gas |  | liquid's surface below the boiling point |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A solid becomes a liquid upon heating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e1:o3:1
# text = A solid becomes a liquid upon heating
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	solid	solid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | a solid | a liquid upon heating |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A gas becomes a liquid upon cooling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:13-evaporation-condensation:e1:o4:1
# text = A gas becomes a liquid upon cooling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | a gas | a liquid upon cooling |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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