Test 1 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

dad's like "turn the lights off, we're not made of money". why tho?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be, not make · To what, where: we

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 turn	case
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 turn	punct
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lights	det
7	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turn	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	5 turn	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 made	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 made	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 made	advmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 turn	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 money	case
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 turn	punct
18	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 turn	parataxis
19	tho	tho	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 why	nsubj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	dad					turn property	tree rules
2	not make in a quote	present · passive		we				of money	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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

Turned-off bulbs charge themselves up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bulbs	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Turned	punct
3	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bulbs	compound
4	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 charge	nsubj
5	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 charge	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 charge	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	participle							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	charge up	present	Turned off bulbs	bulbs = bulb					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location themselves=Theme

Option 2

Leaving lights on makes them brighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	csubj
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leaving	obj
3	on	on	SCONJ	_	4 makes	mark
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	brighter	bright	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		lights					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme
2	make	present	Leaving	lights = light				bright property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

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

Making electricity costs money and often burns fuel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 costs	csubj
2	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
3	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 costs	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 burns	cc
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 burns	advmod
7	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 costs	conj
8	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		electricity		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product
2	cost	present	Making	money		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value
3	burn	present	Making not said here	fuel	often property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme

Option 4

Lights only work for a few hours each day, then break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 work	advmod
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 hours	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hours	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hours	amod
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	obl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 break	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 break	advmod
12	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 work	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Lights				day; hour		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	infinitive	Lights not said here				then		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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