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Test 4 · ★ · Power stations and the grid

The final whistle blows and millions of people switch on kettles at once. What does the grid control room do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: final whistle blows, control room · What happens: switch, do · To what, where: kettles

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» of the technology 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: The final whistle blows and millions of people switch on kettles at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blows	det
2	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 blows	amod
3	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blows	compound
4	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 switch	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 millions	cc
6	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blows	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 millions	nmod
9	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 kettles	case
11	kettles	kettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 switch	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 switch	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 switch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch	present	the final whistle blows and millions of people			kettles			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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: What does the grid control room do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
4	grid	grid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 control	compound
5	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 room	compound
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	the control room						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Asks everyone on the TV to switch their kettles off again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Asks	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 TV	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 TV	det
5	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asks	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 switch	mark
7	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asks	xcomp
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 kettles	nmod:poss
9	kettles	kettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 switch	obj
10	off	off	ADV	_	7 switch	advmod
11	again	again	ADV	_	7 switch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present		everyone		the TV			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic
2	switch off not said to happen	to-infinitive	everyone not said here	their kettles			again	off property	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient

Option 2

Nothing, kettles use no electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 kettles	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	kettles	kettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nsubj
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 electricity	det
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Nothing kettles	no electricity					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient

Option 3

Switches off half the country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Switches	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Switches	compound:prt
3	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	5 country	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 country	det
5	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Switches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	present		half country					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Adds power quickly from fast-starting stations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Adds	obj
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Adds	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 stations	case
5	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 starting	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 fast	punct
7	starting	starting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stations	compound
8	stations	station	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Adds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present		power		starting stations		quickly property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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