Test 7 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

shut up and pedal, the lamp's only bright when we're going fast, whyyy

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lamp, we · What happens: shut up, be, go

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pedal	cc
4	pedal	pedal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 shut	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bright	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lamp	det
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bright	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bright	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 bright	advmod
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 shut	parataxis
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 going	advmod
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 going	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 going	aux
14	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 bright	parataxis
15	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 going	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 whyyy	punct
17	whyyy	whyyy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 shut	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the lamp	bright property	tree rules
3	go	present · progressive	we	fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The lamp gets scared when you stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamp	det
2	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 stop	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 stop	nsubj
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the lamp					scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	stop	present	you						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The dynamo makes more electricity when the wheel spins faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dynamo	det
2	dynamo	dynamo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 electricity	amod
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 spins	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wheel	det
8	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spins	nsubj
9	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	advcl
10	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 spins	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the dynamo	more electricity					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product
2	spin	present	the wheel					fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It's the wind that lights it

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	4 wind	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wind	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lights	nsubj
6	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wind	acl:relcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lights	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the wind					tree rules
2	light	present	the wind	wind					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Option 4

The battery only charges when you are fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 battery	det
2	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charges	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 charges	advmod
4	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 fast	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 fast	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fast	cop
8	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 charges	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	the battery						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	you					fast property	tree rules

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