Exam question 4 · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

State the reason for which mains electrical devices are kept away from a full bath or sink.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason · What happens: state, main, keep away · To what, where: electrical devices, State, full bath

This is exam question 4 of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nsubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 mains	nsubj
6	mains	main	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
7	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 devices	amod
8	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mains	obj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 kept	aux:pass
10	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 kept	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 bath	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bath	det
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bath	amod
15	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 sink	cc
17	sink	sink	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bath	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other		the reason				tree rules
2	main	present	the reason	electrical devices			tree rules
3	keep away	present · passive		State	a full bath or sink	away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from bath=Eventuality

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

Option 1

Devices make bath water colder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	compound
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Devices	bath water				cold property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product

Option 2

Steam drains the device's battery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drains	nsubj
2	drains	drain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 device	det
4	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 battery	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 device	case
6	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drain	present	Steam	the device's battery					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent battery=Source

Option 3

Water damages only the device's appearance and not its workings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 damages	nsubj
2	damages	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 appearance	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 device	det
5	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 appearance	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 device	case
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 damages	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 workings	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 workings	advmod
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 workings	nmod:poss
11	workings	working	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 appearance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	present	Water	the device's appearance and Water's workings					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A device falling into water may electrocute someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 device	det
2	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 electrocute	nsubj
3	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 device	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falling	obl
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 electrocute	aux
7	electrocute	electrocute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 electrocute	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	a device not said here					into water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
2	electrocute	may	a device	someone					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

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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