--- title: A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill. Which habit hel… — Saving energy, pets at home and the ba… · tree and pragmatics description: A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill. Which habit helps? Test 1 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/t1/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Saving energy, pets at home and the ba…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/) / t1 # Test 1 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill. Which habit helps? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, habit · **What happens:** want, help · **To what, where:** lower electricity bill This is test 1 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» of the everyday 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/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t1:1 # text = A family in Scotland wants a lower electricity bill. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 8 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a family in Scotland | a lower electricity bill | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bill=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:* Which habit helps? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t1:2 # text = Which habit helps? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | which habit | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Leaving lights on in empty rooms so the bulbs last longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t1:o1:1 # text = Leaving lights on in empty rooms so the bulbs last longer 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bulbs bulb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 last last VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 11 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave on** | gerund | | lights | | empty rooms | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent light=Theme in room=Location | | 2 | **last** | present | the bulbs | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Leaving the TV on standby ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t1:o2:1 # text = Leaving the TV on standby 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 standby standby NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | the TV | | standby | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tv=Theme on standby=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Switching machines off at the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t1:o3:1 # text = Switching machines off at the wall 1 Switching switch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch off** | gerund | | machines | | the wall | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Opening the fridge door often ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t1:o4:1 # text = Opening the fridge door often 1 Opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | gerund | | the fridge door | | | | often *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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. 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