Test 8 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home

Why can wasting a meal also waste water?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: waste · To what, where: meal

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 wasting	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wasting	aux
3	wasting	waste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meal	det
5	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wasting	obj
6	also	also	ADV	_	8 water	advmod
7	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 water	compound
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wasting	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wasting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	can		a meal				waste water obl	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient

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

Food turns into sea water once it is in the bin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	11 bin	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bin	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 bin	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bin	det
11	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Food			sea water			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory
2	is	present	Food			the bin			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Growing the food needed a lot of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 needed	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 food	det
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Growing	obj
4	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund		the food					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme
2	need	past	Growing	a lot of water					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lot=Theme

Option 3

Plates must be washed in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 washed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	must · passive		Plates		the river			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Cooking food creates new water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cooking	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 creates	csubj
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cooking	obj
3	creates	create	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 creates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	gerund		food					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	create	present	Cooking	new water					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Result

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