Exam question 2 · Electricity at home

Identify the correct method of disconnecting an appliance from a wall socket.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, correct method · What happens: identify, disconnect · To what, where: correct method, appliance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 method	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 method	amod
4	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 disconnecting	mark
6	disconnecting	disconnect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 method	acl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 appliance	det
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disconnecting	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 socket	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 socket	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 socket	compound
12	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disconnecting	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the correct method					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	disconnect	gerund	the correct method not said here	a appliance				from a wall socket	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent appliance=Patient from socket=Co-Patient

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

Pulling sharply upon the cord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	1 Pulling	advmod
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 cord	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cord	det
5	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pulling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	gerund						upon the cord; sharply property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Twisting the cord around the hand and pulling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twisting	twist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cord	det
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Twisting	obj
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hand	det
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Twisting	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pulling	cc
8	pulling	pulling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twist	gerund		the cord		the hand and pulling			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cord=Theme around hand=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Holding the plug itself and drawing it out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plug	det
3	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obj
4	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	3 plug	appos
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drawing	cc
6	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Holding	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 drawing	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 drawing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		the plug					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme
2	draw out	gerund		plug					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Kicking the plug out of the socket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plug	det
3	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 socket	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 socket	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 socket	det
7	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kicking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	gerund		the plug		the socket			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plug=Patient out socket=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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