Test 2 · ★★ · Wind, sun and other clean energy
In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at night. What is true about real wind turbines?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: giant blows · What happens: light up, be · To what, where: city, cartoon
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» 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: In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 light | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 blows | det |
| 6 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blows | amod |
| 7 | blows | blow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 light | nsubj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 turbine | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 turbine | det |
| 10 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 turbine | compound |
| 11 | turbine | turbine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blows | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 light | mark |
| 13 | light | light | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 light | compound:prt |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 city | det |
| 16 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 light | obj |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 night | case |
| 18 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 light | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 light | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light up | to-infinitive | a giant blows on a wind turbine | a city | a cartoon | night | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Product |
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 is true about real wind turbines?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 turbines | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 turbines | amod |
| 6 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turbines | compound |
| 7 | turbines | turbine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about real wind turbines; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They light the city with lamps on the blades
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 light | nsubj |
| 2 | light | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 city | det |
| 4 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 light | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 lamps | case |
| 6 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 light | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 blades | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 blades | det |
| 9 | blades | blade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 light | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light | present | They | the city | the blades | with lamps | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Product with lamp=Material |
Option 2
The turbines need people to push them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 turbines | det |
| 2 | turbines | turbine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 push | mark |
| 6 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 need | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 push | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the turbines | people | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot people=Theme | ||||
| 2 | push | to-infinitive | the turbines not said here | people | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The wind turns the blades and a generator makes electricity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wind | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | nsubj |
| 3 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 blades | det |
| 5 | blades | blade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turns | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 makes | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 generator | det |
| 8 | generator | generator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | nsubj |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 turns | conj |
| 10 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | the wind | the blades | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blade=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | present | a generator | electricity | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product |
Option 4
The turbines blow the wind to make clouds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 turbines | det |
| 2 | turbines | turbine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 blow | nsubj |
| 3 | blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wind | det |
| 5 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blow | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 blow | advcl |
| 8 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | present | the turbines | the wind | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the turbines not said here | clouds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloud=Product |
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