--- title: my cousin reckons a dripping tap only wastes a few drops. right? — Saving water and energy at home · tree and pragmatics description: my cousin reckons a dripping tap only wastes a few drops. right? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 89 «Saving water and energy at home» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/89-saving-water-and-energy/t13/) [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/) / [Saving water and energy at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/89-saving-water-and-energy/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home my cousin reckons a dripping tap only wastes a few drops. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, dripping tap · **What happens:** reckon, drip, waste · **To what, where:** few drops This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 89 «Saving water and energy at home» 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/89-saving-water-and-energy/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t13:1 # text = my cousin reckons a dripping tap only wastes a few drops. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reckons reckon 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 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 amod _ _ 6 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 wastes waste VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **waste** | present | a dripping tap | a few drops | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, a dripping tap can waste thousands of litres in a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t13:o1:1 # text = No, a dripping tap can waste thousands of litres in a year 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 amod _ _ 5 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 litres litre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **waste** | can | a dripping tap | thousands of litres | | | year | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, a dripping tap saves water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t13:o2:1 # text = No, a dripping tap saves water 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 amod _ _ 5 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **save** | present | a dripping tap | water | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it wastes less than a cup a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, it wastes less than a cup a year 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wastes waste VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waste** | present | it | less | | | year | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, the drops are too small to matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, the drops are too small to matter 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the drops | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **matter** | to-infinitive | the drops *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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