Exam question 2 · Electricity at home and staying safe

Identify the function of a substation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 substation	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 substation	det
6	substation	substation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the function of a substation					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It lowers the voltage before electricity goes to homes

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	2 lowers	nsubj
2	lowers	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 voltage	det
4	voltage	voltage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lowers	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 goes	mark
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lowers	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 homes	case
9	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	present	It	the voltage					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voltage=Theme
2	go	present	electricity			homes			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial_Location

Option 2

It manufactures electricity from wind

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	2 manufactures	nsubj
2	manufactures	manufacture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufactures	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manufactures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	present	It	electricity		wind			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent electricity=Result from wind=Material

Option 3

It stores electricity for use at night

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	2 stores	nsubj
2	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 use	case
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	It	electricity			night	for use	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme

Option 4

It raises the voltage for use in homes

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	2 raises	nsubj
2	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 voltage	det
4	voltage	voltage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raises	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 use	case
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raises	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 homes	case
8	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present	It	the voltage				for use in homes	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voltage=Theme

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