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title: In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at… — Wind, sun and other clean energy · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at night. What is true about real wind turbines? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Wind, sun and other clean energy

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In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at night. What is true about real wind turbines?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant blows · **What happens:** light up, be · **To what, where:** city, cartoon

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» 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/33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, a giant blows on a wind turbine to light up a city at night.
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	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blows	blow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	turbine	turbine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	light	light	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light up** | to-infinitive | a giant blows on a wind turbine | a city |  | a cartoon | night |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true about real wind turbines?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t2:2
# text = What is true about real wind turbines?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	turbines	turbine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real wind turbines; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They light the city with lamps on the blades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t2:o1:1
# text = They light the city with lamps on the blades
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	light	light	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | present | They | the city |  | the blades |  | with lamps | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Product with lamp=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The turbines need people to push them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t2:o2:1
# text = The turbines need people to push them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turbines	turbine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | the turbines | people |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot people=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | to-infinitive | the turbines *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

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The wind turns the blades and a generator makes electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t2:o3:1
# text = The wind turns the blades and a generator makes electricity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	generator	generator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the wind | the blades |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blade=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | a generator | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset electricity=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The turbines blow the wind to make clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t2:o4:1
# text = The turbines blow the wind to make clouds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turbines	turbine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | the turbines | the wind |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wind=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the turbines *not said here* | clouds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloud=Product |

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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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