--- title: Why is a tap left running a waste of a precious resource? — Natural resources and why we must save… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a tap left running a waste of a precious resource? Test 8 · ★ 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's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/t8/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Natural resources and why we must save…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/47-natural-resources/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them Why is a tap left running a waste of a precious resource? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tap · **What happens:** leave, run · **To what, where:** tap, waste This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t8:1 # text = Why is a tap left running a waste of a precious resource? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 resource resource NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | a tap | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | gerund | a tap *not said here* | a waste of a precious resource | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme waste=Trajectory | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The water turns into gas in the sink ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t8:o1:1 # text = The water turns into gas in the sink 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sink sink NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | the water | | | gas | | in the sink | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into gas=Source in sink=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Running water makes the pipes grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t8:o2:1 # text = Running water makes the pipes grow 1 Running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make 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 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | Running water | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | the pipes | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fresh drinkable water is only a tiny part of all water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t8:o3:1 # text = Fresh drinkable water is only a tiny part of all water 1 Fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 drinkable drinkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Fresh drinkable water | a tiny part | | | | of all water | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Water from taps comes straight from the ocean and never ends ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t8:o4:1 # text = Water from taps comes straight from the ocean and never ends 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 taps tap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Water from taps | | | the ocean | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ocean=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **end** | present | Water from taps *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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