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title: «nuclear power just burns uranium like coal, right» What is the best… — Power stations and the grid · tree and pragmatics
description: «nuclear power just burns uranium like coal, right» What is the best answer? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Power stations and the grid

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«nuclear power just burns uranium like coal, right» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best answer · **What happens:** burn, be · **To what, where:** nuclear power · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t9:1
# text = «nuclear power just burns uranium like coal, right» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	uranium	uranium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	parataxis	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** *in a quote* | present |  | nuclear power |  |  |  | like coal | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Yes, but uranium burns only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, but uranium burns only at night
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	uranium	uranium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | uranium |  |  |  | night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, uranium makes electricity directly with no steam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t9:o2:1
# text = No, uranium makes electricity directly with no steam
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	uranium	uranium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | uranium | electricity |  |  |  | with no steam; directly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product |

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

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No, uranium atoms split and give off heat, which makes steam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t9:o3:1
# text = No, uranium atoms split and give off heat, which makes steam
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	uranium	uranium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	atoms	atom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	split	split	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | present | uranium atoms |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **give off** | present | uranium atoms *not said here* | heat |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source heat=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | heat | steam |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset steam=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, uranium burns with a big flame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, uranium burns with a big flame
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	uranium	uranium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | uranium |  |  |  |  | with a big flame | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with flame=Theme |

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**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.

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