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Test 1 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill. Which habit helps?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, habit · What happens: want, help · To what, where: lower electricity bill

This is test 1 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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.

The question

Sentence 1: A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill.

detnsubjcasenmoddetamodcompoundobjpunctrootADETfamilyNOUNinADPScotlandPROPNwantsVERBaDETlowerADJelectricityNOUNbillNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 familydet
2familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing5 wantsnsubj
3ininADP_4 Scotlandcase
4ScotlandScotlandPROPNNumber=Sing2 familynmod
5wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 billdet
7lowerlowADJDegree=Cmp9 billamod
8electricityelectricityNOUNNumber=Sing9 billcompound
9billbillNOUNNumber=Sing5 wantsobj
10..PUNCT_5 wantspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresenta family in Scotlanda lower electricity billvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bill=Theme

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: Which habit helps?

detnsubjpunctrootWhichDEThabitNOUNhelpsVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 habitdet
2habithabitNOUNNumber=Sing3 helpsnsubj
3helpshelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 helpspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helppresentwhich habitvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Leaving lights on in empty rooms so the bulbs last longer

objcompound:prtcaseamodoblmarkdetnsubjadvcladvmodrootLeavingVERBlightsNOUNonADPinADPemptyADJroomsNOUNsoSCONJtheDETbulbsNOUNlastVERBlongerADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeavingleaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2lightslightNOUNNumber=Plur1 Leavingobj
3ononADP_1 Leavingcompound:prt
4ininADP_6 roomscase
5emptyemptyADJDegree=Pos6 roomsamod
6roomsroomNOUNNumber=Plur1 Leavingobl
7sosoSCONJ_10 lastmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 bulbsdet
9bulbsbulbNOUNNumber=Plur10 lastnsubj
10lastlastVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Leavingadvcl
11longerlongADVDegree=Cmp10 lastadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leave ongerundlightsempty roomsvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent light=Theme in room=Location
2lastpresentthe bulbslong propertyvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Leaving the TV on standby

detobjcaseoblrootLeavingVERBtheDETTVNOUNonADPstandbyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeavingleaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 TVdet
3TVTVNOUNNumber=Sing1 Leavingobj
4ononADP_5 standbycase
5standbystandbyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Leavingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leavegerundthe TVstandbyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tv=Theme on standby=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Switching machines off at the wall

objcompound:prtcasedetoblrootSwitchingVERBmachinesNOUNoffADPatADPtheDETwallNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SwitchingswitchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2machinesmachineNOUNNumber=Plur1 Switchingobj
3offoffADP_1 Switchingcompound:prt
4atatADP_6 wallcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 walldet
6wallwallNOUNNumber=Sing1 Switchingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1switch offgerundmachinesthe wallvn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Patient

Option 4

Opening the fridge door often

detcompoundobjadvmodrootOpeningVERBtheDETfridgeNOUNdoorNOUNoftenADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OpeningopenVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 doordet
3fridgefridgeNOUNNumber=Sing4 doorcompound
4doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing1 Openingobj
5oftenoftenADV_1 Openingadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1opengerundthe fridge dooroften propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

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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