Test 5 · Energy: what makes things happen
Gran sits still in her chair all day. Is her body using energy?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: sit, be, use · To what, where: chair, body, energy
This is test 5 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» of the physics 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: Gran sits still in her chair all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sits | nsubj |
| 2 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 2 sits | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chair | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 chair | nmod:poss |
| 6 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sits | obl |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sits | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | Gran | Gran's chair | still; day | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location |
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: Is her body using energy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 body | cop |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 body | nmod:poss |
| 3 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 using | csubj |
| 4 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 using | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 using | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Gran's body | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | use | gerund | energy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Only when she is asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 asleep | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 asleep | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asleep | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asleep | cop |
| 5 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | asleep property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, energy is only used up when you move about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 used | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 used | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 used | aux:pass |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 used | advmod |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 used | compound:prt |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 move | advmod |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 move | nsubj |
| 10 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 used | advcl |
| 11 | about | about | ADV | _ | 10 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use up | present · passive | energy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | move about | present | you | about property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, it turns food into heat to keep her warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 turns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 turns | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 heat | case |
| 7 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 keep | mark |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 turns | advcl |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 keep | obj |
| 11 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | it | food | heat | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent food=Theme into heat=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | her = she | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Theme |
Option 4
No, old people do not use energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 use | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 use | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 use | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 use | advmod |
| 7 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not use | present · do-support | old people | energy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |
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