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Test 11 · Looking after yourself and a home

Dad, staring at a sparking plug socket: "Don't touch it, I'm ringing an electrician." Why is he right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, he · What happens: stare, spark, not touch, ring, be · To what, where: socket, electrician

This is test 11 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» of the adult life 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Dad, staring at a sparking plug socket: "Don't touch it, I'm ringing an electrician."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 staring	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
3	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 ringing	advcl
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 socket	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 socket	det
6	sparking	spark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 socket	amod
7	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 socket	compound
8	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 staring	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 touch	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 touch	punct
11	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 touch	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 touch	advmod
13	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 staring	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 touch	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ringing	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 ringing	nsubj
17	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 ringing	aux
18	ringing	ring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 electrician	det
20	electrician	electrician	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ringing	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 ringing	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 ringing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	gerund	I not said here					at a sparking plug socket	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at socket=Theme
2	spark	gerund							vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition
3	not touch in a quote	infinitive · do-support	I not said here	socket					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
4	ring in a quote	present · progressive	I	a electrician					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location electrician=Theme

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 he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 right	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 right	nsubj
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He just doesn't like using tools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	5 like	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 like	xcomp
7	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	use not said to happen	gerund	He not said here	tools					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Electricity mistakes can be dangerous, so call an expert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mistakes	compound
2	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 call	advmod
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	parataxis
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 expert	det
10	expert	expert	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Electricity mistakes					dangerous property	tree rules
2	call	infinitive		a expert					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent expert=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Electricians are cheaper than doing it yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Electricians	electrician	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheaper	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	cop
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	5 doing	mark
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cheaper	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 doing	obj
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 doing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Electricians					cheap property	tree rules
2	do	gerund	Electricians not said here	it				yourself obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

Plug sockets are owned by the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sockets	compound
2	sockets	socket	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 owned	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 owned	aux:pass
4	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 government	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 government	det
7	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owned	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present · passive	the government	Plug sockets					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

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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