--- title: Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station. Right? — Electric cars and charging · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station. Right? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station. Right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, electric car · **What happens:** reckon, stop · **To what, where:** petrol station This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t8:1 # text = Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station. 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 petrol petrol NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Ruby | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | present | a electric car | | | the petrol station | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at station=Location | 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:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t8:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, it needs a little petrol to start ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, it needs a little petrol to start 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 petrol petrol NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | it | a little petrol | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot petrol=Theme | | 2 | **start** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it charges at a charging point ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t8:o2:1 # text = No, it charges at a charging point 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 charges charge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 charging charging NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | present | it | | | a charging point | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at point=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it fills its tyres with fuel ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, it fills its tyres with fuel 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tyres tyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present | it | its tyres | | | | with fuel | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tyre=Patient with fuel=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, it never needs any energy ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t8:o4:1 # text = No, it never needs any energy 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 energy energy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present | it | any energy | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot energy=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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