Exam question 3 · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

Ascertain the principal environmental objection to the combustion of fossil fuels.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, fossil fuels · What happens: ascertain, combust · To what, where: principal environmental objection

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» of the physics 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 objection	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 objection	amod
4	environmental	environmental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 objection	amod
5	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 combustion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 combustion	det
8	combustion	combustion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 objection	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 fuels	case
10	fossil	fossil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fuels	compound
11	fuels	fuel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 combustion	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the principal environmental objection				to the combustion of fossil fuels	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Topic
2	combust		fossil fuels						nom combustion «process intransitive»: of=agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, thereby warming the planet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 releases	nsubj
2	releases	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dioxide	compound
4	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 releases	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 atmosphere	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 atmosphere	det
7	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 releases	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 warming	punct
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 warming	advmod
10	warming	warm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 releases	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 planet	det
12	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 warming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present	It	carbon dioxide		the atmosphere			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer dioxide=Source
2	warm	gerund		the planet				thereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent planet=Patient

Option 2

It causes the oceans to freeze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oceans	det
4	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 causes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 freeze	mark
6	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the oceans					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition ocean=Patient
2	freeze	to-infinitive							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It renders the generated electricity excessively powerful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 electricity	det
4	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 electricity	amod
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
6	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	7 powerful	advmod
7	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 electricity	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	the generated electricity					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme
2	generate	participle							vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It depletes the oxygen supply of every household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 depletes	nsubj
2	depletes	deplete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 supply	det
4	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supply	compound
5	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depletes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deplete	present	It	the oxygen supply of every household					vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supply=Source

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