--- title: A family wants to use less water and energy. Which change helps? — Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee… · tree and pragmatics description: A family wants to use less water and energy. Which change helps? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/t3/) [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/) / [Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food A family wants to use less water and energy. Which change helps? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, change · **What happens:** want, use, help · **To what, where:** less water This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 289 «Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food» 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/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family wants to use less water and energy. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t3:1 # text = A family wants to use less water and energy. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a family | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a family *not said here* | less water and energy | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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. *Sentence 2:* Which change helps? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t3:2 # text = Which change helps? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 change change 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 change | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Washing hands for a whole hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t3:o1:1 # text = Washing hands for a whole hour 1 Washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | gerund | | hands | | | hour | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Leaving the shower running while choosing clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t3:o2:1 # text = Leaving the shower running while choosing clothes 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 7 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | the shower | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shower=Theme | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **choose** | gerund | | clothes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Taking shorter showers of about five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t3:o3:1 # text = Taking shorter showers of about five minutes 1 Taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 showers shower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | | shorter showers of five minutes | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shower=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Having a long bath every morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food:t3:o4:1 # text = Having a long bath every morning 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | a long bath | | | morning | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient | **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. - ← previous: [Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/t2/) - next →: [Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, slee…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/t4/) - ↑ back to [Teeth, bath time, eyes, dressing, sleep and safe food](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/)