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title: Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity". What… — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity". What would actually save more? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity". What would actually save more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad · **What happens:** leave, save · **To what, where:** hall light, electricity, more

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t2:1
# text = Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity".
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | Dad | the hall light |  |  | evening |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
| 2 | **save** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would actually save more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t2:2
# text = What would actually save more?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | would |  | more |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary more=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Switching it off when no one is there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t2:o1:1
# text = Switching it off when no one is there
1	Switching	switch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | no one |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leaving it on all night as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t2:o2:1
# text = Leaving it on all night as well
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	1	advmod	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | it |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Switching it on and off every single minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t2:o3:1
# text = Switching it on and off every single minute
1	Switching	switch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	off	off	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch on** | gerund |  | it |  |  | minute |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Using two lights instead of one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t2:o4:1
# text = Using two lights instead of one
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | two lights |  |  |  | instead one | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient |

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