Exam question 4 · Electricity at home

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the overloading of a socket.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, overload · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 overloading	det
13	overloading	overload	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 concerning	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 socket	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 socket	det
16	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 overloading	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	overload	gerund	the established facts not said here		of a socket	vn spray-9.7 «NP V NP.theme»: 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.

The options

Option 1

A socket cannot be overloaded by household appliances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 socket	det
2	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 overloaded	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 overloaded	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 overloaded	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 overloaded	aux:pass
6	overloaded	overload	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 appliances	case
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 appliances	compound
9	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overloaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not overload	can · passive	household appliances	a socket					vn spray-9.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Too many appliances plugged into a single socket may overheat the wires and cause a fire

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 appliances	amod
3	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 overheat	nsubj
4	plugged	plug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 appliances	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 socket	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 socket	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 socket	amod
8	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plugged	obl
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 overheat	aux
10	overheat	overheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wires	det
12	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 overheat	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cause	cc
14	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 overheat	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fire	det
16	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	plug	participle		many appliances not said here	a single socket	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	overheat	may	many appliances	the wires		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wire=Patient
3	cause	infinitive	many appliances not said here	a fire		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient

Option 3

Several appliances in one socket save electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 appliances	amod
2	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 save	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 socket	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 socket	nummod
5	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appliances	nmod
6	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	Several appliances in one socket	electricity					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme

Option 4

Overloading a socket merely causes the lights to dim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overloading	overload	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 causes	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 socket	det
3	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Overloading	obj
4	merely	merely	ADV	_	5 causes	advmod
5	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lights	det
7	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 causes	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 dim	mark
9	dim	dim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 causes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	overload	gerund		a socket		vn spray-9.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent socket=Theme
2	cause	present	Overloading	the lights	merely property	tree rules
3	dim	to-infinitive	the lights not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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