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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Scotland | case |
| 4 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bill | det |
| 7 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 bill | amod |
| 8 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bill | compound |
| 9 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a family in Scotland | a lower electricity bill | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 habit | det |
| 2 | habit | habit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | nsubj |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | which habit | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leaving | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Leaving | compound:prt |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 rooms | case |
| 5 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rooms | amod |
| 6 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leaving | obl |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 last | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bulbs | det |
| 9 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 last | nsubj |
| 10 | last | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leaving | advcl |
| 11 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 last | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave on | gerund | lights | empty rooms | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent light=Theme in room=Location | ||||
| 2 | last | present | the bulbs | long property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Leaving the TV on standby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 TV | det |
| 3 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leaving | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 standby | case |
| 5 | standby | standby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leaving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | the TV | standby | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switching | switch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Switching | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Switching | compound:prt |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 wall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Switching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | gerund | machines | the wall | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Patient |
Option 4
Opening the fridge door often
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening | open | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 door | det |
| 3 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 door | compound |
| 4 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Opening | obj |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 1 Opening | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | gerund | the fridge door | often property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
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