Test 2 · Energy — where it comes from and how to save it
A family wants to use less energy. Which plan helps most?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, plan · What happens: want, use, help · To what, where: less energy
This is test 2 of lesson 56 «Energy — where it comes from and how to save it» of the world 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 family wants to use less energy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 use | mark |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 energy | amod |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a family | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | use not said to happen | to-infinitive | a family not said here | less energy | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=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: Which plan helps most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | nsubj |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 helps | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | which plan | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Walk to the nearby shop and switch off unused lights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 4 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shop | amod |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walk | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 switch | cc |
| 7 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 switch | compound:prt |
| 9 | unused | unused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lights | amod |
| 10 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 switch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | to the nearby shop result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shop=Result | ||||
| 2 | switch off | infinitive | you not said here | unused lights | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
Option 2
Leave chargers and screens on all night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | chargers | charger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 screens | cc |
| 4 | screens | screen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 chargers | conj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | chargers and screens | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charger=Theme |
Option 3
Keep the heating on with windows open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 heating | det |
| 3 | heating | heating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Keep | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 windows | case |
| 6 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obl |
| 7 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep on | imperative | you not said here | the heating | with windows; open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heating=Theme |
Option 4
Drive to the nearby shop every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drive | drive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 4 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shop | amod |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drive | obl |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drive | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | imperative | you not said here | the nearby shop | day | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to shop=Trajectory |
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