--- title: Why does your little cousin's houseplant lean towards the window? — Fuels, the Sun and saving energy · tree and pragmatics description: Why does your little cousin's houseplant lean towards the window? Test 6 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy/t6/) [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/) / [Fuels, the Sun and saving energy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy Why does your little cousin's houseplant lean towards the window? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, lean · **To what, where:** houseplant This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t6:1 # text = Why does your little cousin's houseplant lean towards the window? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 houseplant houseplant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 lean lean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 towards towards ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | your little cousin's houseplant | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent houseplant=Eventuality | | 2 | **lean** | present | | | | | | towards the window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It wants to see the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t6:o1:1 # text = It wants to see the garden 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the garden | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garden=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Plants always lean over towards any glass and windows ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t6:o2:1 # text = Plants always lean over towards any glass and windows 1 Plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 lean lean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean over** | present | Plants | | | | | towards any glass and windows; always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its leaves are stretching for the light they need ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t6:o3:1 # text = Its leaves are stretching for the light they need 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch** | present · progressive | Its leaves | | | | | for the light | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **need** | present | leaves *= leaf* | the light *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is being blown by a draught ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:32-fuels-the-sun-and-saving-energy:t6:o4:1 # text = It is being blown by a draught 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present · passive | a draught | It | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | **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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