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title: A family's electricity bill is very high in winter. What is most lik… — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics
description: A family's electricity bill is very high in winter. What is most likely using the most? Test 5 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» 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.
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# Test 5 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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A family's electricity bill is very high in winter. What is most likely using the most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** electricity bill, family · **What happens:** be, bill, use

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This is test 5 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» 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/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family's electricity bill is very high in winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t5:1
# text = A family's electricity bill is very high in winter.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a family's electricity bill |  |  |  | winter | high *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bill** |  | a family |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication 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:* What is most likely using the most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t5:2
# text = What is most likely using the most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A small radio in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t5:o1:1
# text = A small radio in the kitchen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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LED lights in every room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t5:o2:1
# text = LED lights in every room
1	LED	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past |  | lights |  | every room |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme in room=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Electric heaters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t5:o3:1
# text = Electric heaters
1	Electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	heaters	heater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A doorbell by the front door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t5:o4:1
# text = A doorbell by the front door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doorbell	doorbell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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