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title: Which change in a school would save the most energy in a cold country? — Saving water and energy at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Which change in a school would save the most energy in a cold country? Test 6 · ★ 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Saving water and energy at home

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Which change in a school would save the most energy in a cold country?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** change · **What happens:** save · **To what, where:** energy, cold country

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t6:1
# text = Which change in a school would save the most energy in a cold country?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | would | which change in a school | the energy |  | a cold country |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Turning off one lamp for a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t6:o1:1
# text = Turning off one lamp for a minute
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | gerund |  | one lamp |  |  | minute |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Using pencils instead of pens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t6:o2:1
# text = Using pencils instead of pens
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	pens	pen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | pencils |  |  |  | instead pens | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Patient |

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

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Insulating the walls and roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t6:o3:1
# text = Insulating the walls and roof
1	Insulating	insulate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insulate** | gerund |  | the walls and roof |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Opening the windows in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:89-saving-water-and-energy:t6:o4:1
# text = Opening the windows in winter
1	Opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | the windows |  |  | winter |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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