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title: dad's like "turn the lights off, we're not made of money". why tho? — Fuels, the Sun and saving energy · tree and pragmatics
description: dad's like "turn the lights off, we're not made of money". why tho? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» 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 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy

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dad's like "turn the lights off, we're not made of money". why tho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** be, not make · **To what, where:** we

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» 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/32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t1:1
# text = dad's like "turn the lights off, we're not made of money". why tho?
1	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
18	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	parataxis	_	_
19	tho	tho	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dad |  |  |  |  | turn *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  | of money | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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}

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Turned-off bulbs charge themselves up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t1:o1:1
# text = Turned-off bulbs charge themselves up
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **charge up** | present | Turned off bulbs | bulbs *= bulb* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location themselves=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leaving lights on makes them brighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t1:o2:1
# text = Leaving lights on makes them brighter
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | lights |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | Leaving | lights *= light* |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

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

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Making electricity costs money and often burns fuel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t1:o3:1
# text = Making electricity costs money and often burns fuel
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product |
| 2 | **cost** | present | Making | money |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value |
| 3 | **burn** | present | Making *not said here* | fuel |  |  |  | often *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lights only work for a few hours each day, then break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t1:o4:1
# text = Lights only work for a few hours each day, then break
1	Lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Lights |  |  |  | day; hour |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | infinitive | Lights *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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