Test 6 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home

Which change in a school would save the most energy in a cold country?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: change · What happens: save · To what, where: energy, cold country

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 change	det
2	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 save	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 school	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 school	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	nmod
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 save	aux
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 energy	det
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 energy	advmod
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 save	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 country	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 country	det
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 country	amod
14	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 save	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	would	which change in a school	the energy		a cold country			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

Turning off one lamp for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Turning	compound:prt
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 lamp	nummod
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 minute	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	gerund		one lamp			minute		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient

Option 2

Using pencils instead of pens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Using	obj
3	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	5 pens	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	3 instead	fixed
5	pens	pen	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		pencils				instead pens	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Insulating the walls and roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Insulating	insulate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 walls	det
3	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Insulating	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 roof	cc
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walls	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insulate	gerund		the walls and roof					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Destination

Option 4

Opening the windows in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 windows	det
3	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Opening	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	gerund		the windows			winter		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme

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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