--- title: «one kid turning lights off won't save anything, waste of time» What… — What a child can do for nature · tree and pragmatics description: «one kid turning lights off won't save anything, waste of time» What is right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [What a child can do for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · What a child can do for nature «one kid turning lights off won't save anything, waste of time» What is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one kid · **What happens:** turn off, not save, be · **To what, where:** lights, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 285 «What a child can do for nature» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t7:1 # text = «one kid turning lights off won't save anything, waste of time» What is right? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn off** *in a quote* | gerund | one kid *not said here* | lights | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 2 | **not** **save** *in a quote* | future | one kid | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Turning lights off harms birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t7:o1:1 # text = Turning lights off harms birds 1 Turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 harms harm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | | lights | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme | | 2 | **harm** | present | Turning | birds | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Small choices by many people add up to a big difference ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t7:o2:1 # text = Small choices by many people add up to a big difference 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 choices choice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 add add VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add up** *speech: assert* | present | Small choices by many people | | | | | to a big difference | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to difference=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lights do not affect animals at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t7:o3:1 # text = Lights do not affect animals at all 1 Lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 affect affect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **affect** | present · do-support | Lights | animals | | all | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, only scientists in laboratories can help nature ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, only scientists in laboratories can help nature 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 laboratories laboratory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | can | scientists in laboratories | nature | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary | **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. 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