Test 11 · ★ · Batteries
A house has solar panels. Why might the family want a home battery too?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: house, family · What happens: have, want · To what, where: solar panels, home battery
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «Batteries» 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: A house has solar panels.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 house | det |
| 2 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 panels | amod |
| 5 | panels | panel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a house | solar panels | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panel=Patient |
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: Why might the family want a home battery too?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 want | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 want | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 want | nsubj |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 battery | det |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 battery | compound |
| 8 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 want | obj |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 want | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | might | the family | a home battery | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot battery=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
To make the panels keep working at night in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 panels | det |
| 4 | panels | panel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 make | ccomp |
| 6 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keep | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 dark | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dark | det |
| 11 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | keep | present | the panels | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | work | gerund | the panels not said here | night | in the dark | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To use the sunshine's electricity in the evening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 use | mark |
| 2 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sunshine | det |
| 4 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 electricity | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 sunshine | case |
| 6 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 evening | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 evening | det |
| 9 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | to-infinitive | the sunshine's electricity | evening | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient | ||||
| 2 | electrify | the sunshine | nom electricity «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
To stop the panels getting dirty from rain and bird mess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 stop | mark |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 panels | det |
| 4 | panels | panel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stop | obj |
| 5 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 getting | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 rain | case |
| 8 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 getting | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 mess | cc |
| 10 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mess | compound |
| 11 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rain | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | to-infinitive | the panels | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | rain and bird mess | dirty property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from rain=Destination |
Option 4
To sell the battery later for more than they paid for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 sell | mark |
| 2 | sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 battery | det |
| 4 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sell | obj |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 sell | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 more | case |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 sell | obl |
| 8 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 10 paid | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 paid | nsubj |
| 10 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 more | advcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | to-infinitive | the battery | for more; late property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent battery=Theme for more=Asset | ||||
| 2 | pay | past | they | for battery | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |
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