Exam question 3 · Saving water and energy at home

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning devices left on standby.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, leave · To what, where: response, concerning devices, standby

This is exam question 3 of lesson 89 «Saving water and energy at home» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 devices	amod
12	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 facts	conj
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 devices	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 standby	case
15	standby	standby	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts and concerning devices; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	leave	participle		concerning devices not said here	standby		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on standby=Location

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

They use no electricity whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 electricity	det
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	no electricity				whatsoever property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Many still use electricity when they look switched off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 look	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 look	nsubj
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 use	advcl
8	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 use	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 switched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	use	present	Many	electricity	still	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient
2	look	present	they			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	switch off	participle	Many not said here			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They generate electricity for the home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 generate	nsubj
2	generate	generate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generate	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 home	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 home	det
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 generate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	present	They	electricity				for the home	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient

Option 4

They use electricity only during the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 day	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	electricity			day		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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