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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★

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★★★ «solar panels are just tiny wind turbines with a spinny bit inside» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, tiny wind turbines · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tiny wind turbines · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and 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/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t6:1
# text = ★★★ «solar panels are just tiny wind turbines with a spinny bit inside» What is right?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	panels	panel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	turbines	turbine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	spinny	spinny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
16	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ★ | tiny wind turbines |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | tiny wind turbines |  |  |  |  | with a spinny bit; right *property* | 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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No, they burn sunlight like a small fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t6:o1:1
# text = No, they burn sunlight like a small fire
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burn	burn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fire	fire	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 | they | sunlight |  |  |  | like a small fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, light frees tiny electrons in silicon cells and nothing spins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t6:o2:1
# text = No, light frees tiny electrons in silicon cells and nothing spins
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	frees	free	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	electrons	electron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	silicon	silicon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **free** | present | light | tiny electrons |  | silicon cells |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer electron=Source |
| 2 | **spin** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, a little fan inside spins when sunlight warms it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, a little fan inside spins when sunlight warms it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	nmod	_	_
7	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | a little fan |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **warm** | present | sunlight | fan |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, they need wind as well as sunlight to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, they need wind as well as sunlight to work
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	9	cc	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | they | wind |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wind=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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