Test 12 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home

Ava says saving water has nothing to do with saving energy. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, saving · What happens: say, save, have, do · To what, where: water, nothing, energy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 89 «Saving water and energy at home» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 has	csubj
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saving	obj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 has	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 nothing	acl
9	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 saving	mark
10	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 do	advcl
11	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saving	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 has	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ava		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save	gerund		water	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	have	present	saving	nothing	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	do	to-infinitive	saving not said here	nothing not said here	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	save	gerund	saving not said here	energy	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=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

No, pumping, cleaning and heating water all use energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 pumping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pumping	punct
3	pumping	pump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cleaning	punct
5	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pumping	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 water	cc
7	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 water	compound
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cleaning	conj
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
10	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pumping	advcl
11	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pump	gerund		cleaning and heating water					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cleaning=Theme
2	use	present		energy				all property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient

Option 2

Yes, water and energy are not linked at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 linked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 linked	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 energy	cc
5	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 linked	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 linked	advmod
8	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 linked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not link	present · passive		water and energy		all			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Yes, water comes to homes with no energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 homes	case
6	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comes	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 energy	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 energy	det
9	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 homes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	water			homes with no energy			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial_Location

Option 4

No, saving energy wastes water instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 saving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 wastes	csubj
4	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saving	obj
5	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wastes	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 wastes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	gerund		energy					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme
2	waste	present	saving	water				instead property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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