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title: Ella's Gen X dad: "Solar panels? Total bummer, way too pricey." ("Bu… — Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, sp… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella's Gen X dad: "Solar panels? Total bummer, way too pricey." ("Bummer" means a letdown.) What changed? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the…

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Ella's Gen X dad: "Solar panels? Total bummer, way too pricey." ("Bummer" means a letdown.) What changed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bummer · **What happens:** mean, change · **To what, where:** letdown

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better?» of the history 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/history/79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's Gen X dad: "Solar panels?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:1
# text = Ella's Gen X dad: "Solar panels?
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	X	X	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	panels	panel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Total bummer, way too pricey."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:2
# text = Total bummer, way too pricey."
1	Total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pricey	pricey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* ("Bummer" means a letdown.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:3
# text = ("Bummer" means a letdown.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	letdown	letdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bummer | a letdown |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letdown=Topic |

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*Sentence 4:* What changed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:4
# text = What changed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Solar panels stopped working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:o1:1
# text = Solar panels stopped working
1	Solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	panels	panel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | Solar panels |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | Solar panels *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are only used on the Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:o2:1
# text = They are only used on the Moon
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | They |  | the Moon |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Solar panels cost about ten times more now than they did back in 2010

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:o3:1
# text = Solar panels cost about ten times more now than they did back in 2010
1	Solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	panels	panel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	2010	2010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Solar panels | more |  |  | now |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
| 2 | **do back** | past | panels *= panel* |  |  | 2010 |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Solar power got about ten times cheaper between 2010 and 2020

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:79-worries-and-hopes-is-the-world-getting-better:t3:o4:1
# text = Solar power got about ten times cheaper between 2010 and 2020
1	Solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	2010	2010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	2020	2020	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get about** | past | Solar power |  |  |  |  | between 2010; cheap *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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