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title: ugh my teacher says energy never gets used up. but my phone battery… — Energy: what makes things happen · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh my teacher says energy never gets used up. but my phone battery literally died?? Test 1 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · Energy: what makes things happen

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ugh my teacher says energy never gets used up. but my phone battery literally died??

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, phone battery · **What happens:** say, not use up, die · **To what, where:** energy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 31 «Energy: what makes things happen» of the physics 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/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t1:1
# text = ugh my teacher says energy never gets used up. but my phone battery literally died??
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my teacher | energy |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent energy=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **use up** | present · passive |  | energy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **die** | past | my phone battery |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The energy is still in the battery, just hiding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t1:o1:1
# text = The energy is still in the battery, just hiding
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the energy |  |  | the battery | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | the energy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The phone ate the energy and it's gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t1:o2:1
# text = The phone ate the energy and it's gone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the phone | the energy |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | phone |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The energy changed into other forms, mostly heat and light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t1:o3:1
# text = The energy changed into other forms, mostly heat and light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle | the energy |  |  |  |  | into other forms *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into form=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your teacher is wrong, energy gets destroyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t1:o4:1
# text = Your teacher is wrong, energy gets destroyed
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your teacher |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | energy |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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**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.

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