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title: A town gets all its electricity from a wind farm and solar panels. W… — Natural resources and why we must save… · tree and pragmatics
description: A town gets all its electricity from a wind farm and solar panels. Why can it go on doing so for ever? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 1 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them

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A town gets all its electricity from a wind farm and solar panels. Why can it go on doing so for ever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** town · **What happens:** get, electrify, go, do · **To what, where:** electricity, wind farm

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world 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/world/47-natural-resources/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A town gets all its electricity from a wind farm and solar panels.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t1:1
# text = A town gets all its electricity from a wind farm and solar panels.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	panels	panel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a town | town's electricity |  | a wind farm and solar panels |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme from farm=Source |
| 2 | **electrify** |  | town |  |  |  |  |  | nom electricity «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why can it go on doing so for ever?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t1:2
# text = Why can it go on doing so for ever?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can | town |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | town *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wind turbines turn even without wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t1:o1:1
# text = Wind turbines turn even without wind
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	turbines	turbine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Wind turbines |  |  |  |  | without wind | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The panels make new sunlight every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t1:o2:1
# text = The panels make new sunlight every day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	panels	panel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the panels | new sunlight |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sunlight=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The town has a huge store of coal hidden deep underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t1:o3:1
# text = The town has a huge store of coal hidden deep underground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the town | a huge store of coal |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | coal *not said here* |  |  |  | underground *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Wind and sunlight are renewable and are not used up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t1:o4:1
# text = Wind and sunlight are renewable and are not used up
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	renewable	renewable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wind and sunlight |  |  |  |  | renewable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **use up** | present · passive | Wind and sunlight *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |

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