Test 9 · ★ · Power stations and the grid

«nuclear power just burns uranium like coal, right» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: best answer · What happens: burn, be · To what, where: nuclear power · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	3 power	punct
2	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 power	amod
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 burns	advmod
5	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	uranium	uranium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 coal	case
8	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 What	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	12 What	discourse
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 burns	parataxis
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 What	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 answer	det
15	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 answer	amod
16	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 What	nsubj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 burns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn in a quote	present		nuclear power				like coal	tree rules
2	is a	present	the best answer						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

Yes, but uranium burns only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 burns	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 burns	cc
4	uranium	uranium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	nsubj
5	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 night	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	uranium				night		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

No, uranium makes electricity directly with no steam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 uranium	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	uranium	uranium	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	4 makes	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 steam	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 steam	det
9	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	uranium	electricity				with no steam; directly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product

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

No, uranium atoms split and give off heat, which makes steam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 split	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 split	punct
3	uranium	uranium	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 atoms	compound
4	atoms	atom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 split	nsubj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 split	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 heat	acl:relcl
13	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	split	present	uranium atoms		vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	give off	present	uranium atoms not said here	heat	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source heat=Theme
3	make	present	heat	steam	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset steam=Product

Option 4

Yes, uranium burns with a big flame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	uranium	uranium	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 flame	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 flame	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flame	amod
8	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	uranium					with a big flame	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with flame=Theme

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