--- title: It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose tempera… — Clouds, rain, snow and hail · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose temperature is below freezing. Ascertain the designation of the deposit so formed. Exam question 4 of lesson 67 «Clouds, rain, snow and hail» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/67-clouds-rain-snow-hail/e4/) [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/) / [Clouds, rain, snow and hail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/67-clouds-rain-snow-hail/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Clouds, rain, snow and hail It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose temperature is below freezing. Ascertain the designation of the deposit so formed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** water vapour, temperature, you · **What happens:** give, condense, be, ascertain, form, designate · **To what, where:** It, freezing, designation, deposit This is exam question 4 of lesson 67 «Clouds, rain, snow and hail» 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/67-clouds-rain-snow-hail/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose temperature is below freezing. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:e4:1 # text = It is given that water vapour condenses upon a surface whose temperature is below freezing. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 vapour vapour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 condenses condense VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 below below ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 freezing freezing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **condense** | present | that water vapour | | | | | upon a surface | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | freezing's temperature | | | freezing | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the designation of the deposit so formed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the designation of the deposit so formed. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 deposit deposit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the designation of the deposit | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent designation=Topic | | 2 | **form** | participle | | the deposit *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **designate** | | | the deposit | | | | | nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Frost ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:e4:o1:1 # text = Frost 1 Frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Hail ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:e4:o2:1 # text = Hail 1 Hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Dew ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:e4:o3:1 # text = Dew 1 Dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sleet ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:67-clouds-rain-snow-hail:e4:o4:1 # text = Sleet 1 Sleet sleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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