Test 18 · ★ · Electricity at home

they reckon if someone's getting a shock u should pull them off quick, that's what heroes do

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, someone, that, heroes · What happens: reckon, get, pull off, be, do · To what, where: shock, them

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 pull	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 pull	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 someone	case
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 someone	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shock	det
8	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obj
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 getting	obj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 pull	aux
11	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckon	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pull	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	11 pull	compound:prt
14	quick	quick	ADV	_	11 pull	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 what	punct
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 what	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 what	cop
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 reckon	parataxis
19	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 do	nsubj
20	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	they			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	get	gerund		a shock		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent shock=Beneficiary you=Theme
3	pull off a condition, not said to happen	should	someone	them = they	quick property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
4	is a	present	that			tree rules
5	do	present	heroes			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

They are right, if you use wet hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 use	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					right property	tree rules
2	use a condition, not said to happen	present	you	wet hands					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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

Wrong; never touch them, an adult should switch off the power and call for help

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 touch	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 touch	advmod
4	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wrong	parataxis
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touch	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 switch	punct
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 switch	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 switch	aux
10	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 touch	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 switch	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 power	det
13	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 switch	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 call	cc
15	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 touch	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 help	case
17	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not touch	infinitive		them = they		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme
2	switch off	should	a adult	the power		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
3	call	infinitive			for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 3

They are right, pull them off at once, every second counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pull	punct
5	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 right	csubj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pull	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 pull	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 pull	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 counts	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 counts	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 counts	amod
13	counts	count	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					every second counts obl; right property	tree rules
2	pull off	infinitive		them = they					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality

Option 4

They are right, as long as you are quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 right	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 quick	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 quick	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 quick	cop
10	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					long, right property	tree rules
2	is	present	you					quick property	tree rules

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