--- title: Liam says his porridge is basically old sunshine. Is he right? — Energy: what makes things happen · tree and pragmatics description: Liam says his porridge is basically old sunshine. Is he right? Test 2 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/t2/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Energy: what makes things happen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/31-energy-what-makes-things-happen/) / t2 # Test 2 · Energy: what makes things happen Liam says his porridge is basically old sunshine. Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Liam, porridge · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** old sunshine · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Liam says his porridge is basically old sunshine. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t2:1 # text = Liam says his porridge is basically old sunshine. 1 Liam Liam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 porridge porridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 basically basically ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Liam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Liam's porridge | old sunshine | | | | basically *property* | tree rules | 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:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t2:2 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Liam | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, food has no energy at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t2:o1:1 # text = No, food has no energy at all 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | food | no energy | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, porridge energy comes from the cooker ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t2:o2:1 # text = No, porridge energy comes from the cooker 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 porridge porridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cooker cooker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | porridge energy | | | the cooker | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cooker=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, but only if he eats it outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t2:o3:1 # text = Yes, but only if he eats it outside 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 outside outside ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | he | it | | | | outside *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yes, the oats grew by catching sunlight ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:31-energy-what-makes-things-happen:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, the oats grew by catching sunlight 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 oats oat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 catching catch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the oats | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | gerund | the oats *not said here* | sunlight | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunlight=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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