Test 8 · ★★ · Wind, sun and other clean energy

«we put our potato peelings in the food bin, so what, it just rots» What can really happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, bin, our · What happens: put, rot, happen, peel · To what, where: potato peelings, food bin

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 peelings	nmod:poss
5	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 peelings	compound
6	peelings	peeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bin	det
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bin	compound
10	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 what	advmod
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 put	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 rots	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 rots	nsubj
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 rots	advmod
17	rots	rot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 rots	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 happen	nsubj
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 happen	aux
21	really	really	ADV	_	22 happen	advmod
22	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 rots	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	put in a quote	past	we	our potato peelings	the food bin	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent peeling=Theme in bin=Destination
2	rot in a quote	present	bin			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	happen	can				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	peel in a quote		our			nom peeling «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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

It is fed into the wind turbines to make them spin faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fed	aux:pass
3	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 turbines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 turbines	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turbines	compound
7	turbines	turbine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fed	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fed	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 spin	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	feed	present · passive		It	the wind turbines		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive		turbines = turbine			tree rules
3	spin	infinitive	turbines = turbine not said here			fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is packed into rockets and sent up to the Moon to rot there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 packed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 packed	aux:pass
3	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 rockets	case
5	rockets	rocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 packed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sent	cc
7	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 packed	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 sent	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Moon	det
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 rot	mark
13	rot	rot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 packed	advcl
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 rot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	pack	present · passive	It		rockets	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into rocket=Destination
2	send up	participle		the Moon		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to moon=Destination
3	rot	to-infinitive			there	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

Bacteria can turn it into biogas that makes electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 biogas	case
6	biogas	biogas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 biogas	acl:relcl
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	can	Bacteria	it		biogas			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into biogas=Trajectory
2	make	present	biogas	electricity					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product

Option 4

It is burned straight away in a power station with the coal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 burned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	aux:pass
3	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 burned	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 station	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 station	det
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 station	compound
9	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 coal	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coal	det
12	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present · passive		It		a power station		with the coal; away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with coal=Instrument

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