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description: Two identical houses are heated equally. One has a thick insulated roof. What happens on a cold night? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home

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Two identical houses are heated equally. One has a thick insulated roof. What happens on a cold night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** One · **What happens:** heat, have, insulate, happen · **To what, where:** Two identical houses, thick insulated roof

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two identical houses are heated equally.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:1
# text = Two identical houses are heated equally.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present · passive |  | Two identical houses |  |  |  | equally *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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:* One has a thick insulated roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:2
# text = One has a thick insulated roof.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	insulated	insulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | One | a thick insulated roof |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |
| 2 | **insulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What happens on a cold night?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:3
# text = What happens on a cold night?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The house without insulation stays warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:o1:1
# text = The house without insulation stays warmer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	insulation	insulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | the house without insulation |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both houses lose heat at exactly the same rate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:o2:1
# text = Both houses lose heat at exactly the same rate
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | both houses | heat |  | the same rate |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The insulated house gets colder faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:o3:1
# text = The insulated house gets colder faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insulated	insulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | the insulated house |  |  |  |  | cold, fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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The insulated house stays warmer for longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t3:o4:1
# text = The insulated house stays warmer for longer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	insulated	insulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the insulated house |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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