Test 6 · ★ · Power stations and the grid
«bloody power's out again, light a candle» What is the safer choice?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bloody power · What happens: be, light · To what, where: candle, safer choice
This is test 6 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 light | punct |
| 2 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 power | amod |
| 3 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 out | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 out | cop |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 again | advmod |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 light | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 again | punct |
| 8 | light | light | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 choice | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 candle | det |
| 10 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 light | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 light | punct |
| 12 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 choice | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 choice | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 choice | det |
| 15 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 choice | amod |
| 16 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 choice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | bloody power | out property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | light in a quote | infinitive | a candle | again | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the safer choice | tree rules |
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
Light several candles together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 candles | compound |
| 2 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 candles | amod |
| 3 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 candles | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Open the fridge to use its light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fridge | det |
| 3 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Open | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 use | mark |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Open | advcl |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 light | nmod:poss |
| 7 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | the fridge | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fridge=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | you not said here | fridge's light | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | ||||
| 3 | light | fridge | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Use a torch, not a candle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 torch | det |
| 3 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 candle | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 candle | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 candle | det |
| 7 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | a torch | a candle obl | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient |
Option 4
Light the gas cooker for light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cooker | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cooker | det |
| 3 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cooker | compound |
| 4 | cooker | cooker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 light | case |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cooker | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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