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title: Why might a big solar storm worry an electricity company? — The Sun, our star · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a big solar storm worry an electricity company? Test 6 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · The Sun, our star

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Why might a big solar storm worry an electricity company?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is test 6 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space 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/space/1-the-sun-our-star/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t6:1
# text = Why might a big solar storm worry an electricity company?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It can make the Sun go dark for a whole week or more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t6:o1:1
# text = It can make the Sun go dark for a whole week or more
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Sun |  |  |  | week | dark *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It can disturb power grids and knock out supply

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t6:o2:1
# text = It can disturb power grids and knock out supply
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	disturb	disturb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	grids	grid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	knock	knock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disturb** | can | It | power grids |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grid=Experiencer |
| 2 | **knock out** | infinitive |  | supply |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent supply=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It can stop the Earth from turning for a few hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t6:o3:1
# text = It can stop the Earth from turning for a few hours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | can | It | the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality earth=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  | hour |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It can heat the cables in the ground until they melt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:1-the-sun-our-star:t6:o4:1
# text = It can heat the cables in the ground until they melt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	heat	heat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cables	cable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | can | It | the cables |  |  |  | in the ground | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cable=Patient in ground=Instrument |
| 2 | **melt** | present | cables *= cable* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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