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title: A family wants to use less energy. Which plan helps most? — Energy — where it comes from and how t… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family wants to use less energy. Which plan helps most? Test 2 of lesson 56 «Energy — where it comes from and how to save it» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · Energy — where it comes from and how to save it

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A family wants to use less energy. Which plan helps most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, plan · **What happens:** want, use, help · **To what, where:** less energy

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This is test 2 of lesson 56 «Energy — where it comes from and how to save it» 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/56-energy/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family wants to use less energy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:56-energy:t2:1
# text = A family wants to use less energy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a family |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **use** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a family *not said here* | less energy |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |

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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:* Which plan helps most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:56-energy:t2:2
# text = Which plan helps most?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | which plan |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Walk to the nearby shop and switch off unused lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:56-energy:t2:o1:1
# text = Walk to the nearby shop and switch off unused lights
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	unused	unused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the nearby shop *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shop=Result |
| 2 | **switch off** | infinitive | you *not said here* | unused lights |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave chargers and screens on all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:56-energy:t2:o2:1
# text = Leave chargers and screens on all night
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	chargers	charger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | chargers and screens |  |  | night |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charger=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep the heating on with windows open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:56-energy:t2:o3:1
# text = Keep the heating on with windows open
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	heating	heating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep on** | imperative | you *not said here* | the heating |  |  |  | with windows; open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heating=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Drive to the nearby shop every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:56-energy:t2:o4:1
# text = Drive to the nearby shop every day
1	Drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the nearby shop | day |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to shop=Trajectory |

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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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