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title: Tom leaves his game console on standby all year. What happens? — Saving water and energy at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom leaves his game console on standby all year. What happens? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home

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Tom leaves his game console on standby all year. What happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** leave, happen · **To what, where:** game console, standby

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom leaves his game console on standby all year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t4:1
# text = Tom leaves his game console on standby all year.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	standby	standby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | Tom | Tom's game console |  | standby | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent console=Theme on standby=Location |

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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 happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t4:2
# text = What happens?
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It stores extra energy for later games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t4:o1:1
# text = It stores extra energy for later games
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stores	store	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present | It | extra energy |  |  |  | for later games | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It uses electricity all year even when not played

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t4:o2:1
# text = It uses electricity all year even when not played
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | electricity |  |  | year |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **play** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It uses no electricity because the screen is dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t4:o3:1
# text = It uses no electricity because the screen is dark
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | no electricity |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the screen |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes the console last for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t4:o4:1
# text = It makes the console last for ever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the console |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | infinitive | the console *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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