--- title: «why does the battery go from like 10 to dead so fast, rubbish phone… — Batteries · tree and pragmatics description: «why does the battery go from like 10 to dead so fast, rubbish phone» What is the real reason? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «Batteries» 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/34-batteries/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/) / [Batteries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/34-batteries/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Batteries «why does the battery go from like 10 to dead so fast, rubbish phone» What is the real reason? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** battery · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** rubbish phone, 10, real reason · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «Batteries» 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/34-batteries/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t10:1 # text = «why does the battery go from like 10 to dead so fast, rubbish phone» What is the real reason? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 18 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the battery | rubbish phone | | 10 | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from 10=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the real reason | | | | | tree rules | 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} The phone hides 10% for itself ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t10:o1:1 # text = The phone hides 10% for itself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | the phone | | | | | for phone | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent %=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Batteries always run down much faster at the very end of the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t10:o2:1 # text = Batteries always run down much faster at the very end of the day 1 Batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run down** | present | Batteries | | | | at the end of the day | always, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The percentage is only an estimate made by a chip ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t10:o3:1 # text = The percentage is only an estimate made by a chip 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 percentage percentage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 estimate estimate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chip chip NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the percentage | a estimate | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | a estimate *not said here* | | | | by a chip | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} The screen counts in tens ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t10:o4:1 # text = The screen counts in tens 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 tens ten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | the screen | | | tens | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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