--- title: In a cartoon an electric car's battery lasts for ever without chargi… — Electric cars and charging · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon an electric car's battery lasts for ever without charging. What's true? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/t10/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Electric cars and charging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging In a cartoon an electric car's battery lasts for ever without charging. What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** battery · **What happens:** last, charge, be · **To what, where:** cartoon This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» of the technology 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/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon an electric car's battery lasts for ever without charging. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t10:1 # text = In a cartoon an electric car's battery lasts for ever without charging. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lasts last VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 13 advmod _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | present | a electric car's battery | | | a cartoon | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **charge** | gerund | a electric car's battery *not said here* | | | | ever | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t10:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true 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 | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It charges from sunshine through the roof only ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t10:o1:1 # text = It charges from sunshine through the roof only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 charges charge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | present | It | | | sunshine | | through the roof | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from sunshine=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It must be charged; its range runs out ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t10:o2:1 # text = It must be charged; its range runs out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | must · passive | | It | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **run out** | present | its range | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It runs on air once the battery is flat ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t10:o3:1 # text = It runs on air once the battery is flat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 once once SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | It | | | air | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on air=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | present | the battery | | | | | flat *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Batteries never empty ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t10:o4:1 # text = Batteries never empty 1 Batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [Electric cars and charging, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/t9/) - next →: [Electric cars and charging, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/t11/) - ↑ back to [Electric cars and charging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/)