Exam question 4 · Wind, sun and other clean energy

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the impossibility, at present, of relying solely upon wind and solar energy.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, rely · To what, where: consistent, impossibility

This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 impossibility	det
11	impossibility	impossibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 present	punct
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 present	case
14	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 relying	punct
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 relying	mark
17	relying	rely	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Select	advcl
18	solely	solely	ADV	_	17 relying	advmod
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 wind	case
20	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 relying	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 energy	cc
22	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 energy	amod
23	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wind	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the consistent		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the impossibility		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus impossibility=Experiencer
4	rely	gerund	you not said here		upon wind and solar energy; solely property	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

They emit more carbon dioxide than coal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 emit	nsubj
2	emit	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 dioxide	amod
4	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dioxide	compound
5	dioxide	dioxide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 emit	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 coal	case
7	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dioxide	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	present	They	more carbon dioxide				than coal	vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source dioxide=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Their output varies with the weather and the time of day, so storage and other sources are required

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 output	nmod:poss
2	output	output	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 varies	nsubj
3	varies	vary	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 weather	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 weather	det
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 varies	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 time	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weather	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 day	case
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 time	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 required	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	19 required	advmod
14	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 required	nsubj:pass
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sources	cc
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sources	amod
17	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 storage	conj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 required	aux:pass
19	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 varies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vary	present	Their output					with the weather and the time of day	vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme with weather=Co-Theme
2	require	present · passive		storage and other sources					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

Option 3

Their use is prohibited in the majority of countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 use	nmod:poss
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 majority	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 majority	det
7	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 countries	case
9	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 majority	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Their use		the majority of countries			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	use		Their = they						nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They operate exclusively during the summer months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 operate	nsubj
2	operate	operate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 operate	advmod
4	during	during	ADP	_	7 months	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 months	det
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 months	compound
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 operate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	present	They				month	exclusively property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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