--- title: A country has a long dry summer. Why is wasting water a bigger probl… — Saving water and energy at home · tree and pragmatics description: A country has a long dry summer. Why is wasting water a bigger problem then? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home A country has a long dry summer. Why is wasting water a bigger problem then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** country · **What happens:** have, waste · **To what, where:** water This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A country has a long dry summer. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t5:1 # text = A country has a long dry summer. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a country | | | | summer | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is wasting water a bigger problem then? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t5:2 # text = Why is wasting water a bigger problem then? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wasting waste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waste** | present · progressive | | water | | | then | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Plants stop needing water in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t5:o1:1 # text = Plants stop needing water in summer 1 Plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 needing need VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Plants | needing water | | | summer | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality water=Eventuality | | 2 | **need** | gerund | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} The sea becomes fresh in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t5:o2:1 # text = The sea becomes fresh in summer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the sea | | | | summer | fresh *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pipes freeze and burst in the heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t5:o3:1 # text = Pipes freeze and burst in the heat 1 Pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 freeze freeze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 burst burst VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | present | Pipes | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **burst** | present | Pipes *not said here* | | | the heat | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heat=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Less fresh water is left in rivers and storage lakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t5:o4:1 # text = Less fresh water is left in rivers and storage lakes 1 Less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 2 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 storage storage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | fresh water | | rivers and storage lakes | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in river=Location | **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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