Test 8 · Energy — where it comes from and how to save it
A toy car runs on a battery until it stops. What has happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toy car, car · What happens: run, stop, happen · To what, where: battery
This is test 8 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 toy car runs on a battery until it stops.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 car | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 car | compound |
| 3 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 runs | nsubj |
| 4 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 battery | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 battery | det |
| 7 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 runs | obl |
| 8 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 stops | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stops | nsubj |
| 10 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 runs | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | a toy car | a battery | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on battery=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | car | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 has happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happened | aux |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The wheels have stored up all of the energy inside them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wheels | det |
| 2 | wheels | wheel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stored | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stored | aux |
| 4 | stored | store | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 stored | compound:prt |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 stored | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 energy | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 energy | det |
| 9 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 all | nmod |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store up | present · perfect · passive | the wheels | tree rules |
Option 2
The battery has turned into coal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 battery | det |
| 2 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | aux |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 coal | case |
| 6 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · perfect · passive | the battery | coal | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into coal=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The chemical energy in the battery has been used
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 energy | det |
| 2 | chemical | chemical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 energy | amod |
| 3 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 used | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 battery | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 battery | det |
| 6 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 energy | nmod |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 used | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 used | aux:pass |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · perfect · passive | the chemical energy in the battery | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The car has become too heavy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 become | aux |
| 4 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 heavy | advmod |
| 6 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present · perfect | the car | heavy property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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