Test 9 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home
A school replaces 100 old bulbs with LED bulbs. What happens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: school · What happens: replace, happen · To what, where: 100 old bulbs
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A school replaces 100 old bulbs with LED bulbs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 school | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 replaces | nsubj |
| 3 | replaces | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 bulbs | nummod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bulbs | amod |
| 6 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 replaces | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 bulbs | case |
| 8 | LED | led | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bulbs | compound |
| 9 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bulbs | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 replaces | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | present | a school | 100 old bulbs | with LED bulbs | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme bulb=Location with bulb=Co-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.
Sentence 2: What happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The rooms stay as bright but more electricity is used
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rooms | det |
| 2 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 bright | case |
| 5 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | obl |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 used | cc |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 electricity | amod |
| 8 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 used | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 used | aux:pass |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bright | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the rooms | as bright | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | present · passive | more electricity | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
The bulbs stop needing electricity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bulbs | det |
| 2 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | needing | need | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | the bulbs | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | need | gerund | the bulbs not said here | electricity | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot electricity=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The rooms stay as bright but less electricity is used
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rooms | det |
| 2 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 bright | case |
| 5 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | obl |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 used | cc |
| 7 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 electricity | amod |
| 8 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 used | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 used | aux:pass |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bright | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the rooms | as bright | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | present · passive | less electricity | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The rooms get darker and less electricity is used
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rooms | det |
| 2 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | darker | dark | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 used | cc |
| 6 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 electricity | amod |
| 7 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 used | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 used | aux:pass |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 darker | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the rooms | dark property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | use | present · passive | less electricity | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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