Test 5 · ★ · Electricity at home
Grandad sees someone being shocked by a broken heater. What is the safe order of actions?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, broken heater, safe order · What happens: see, shock, break, be, order · To what, where: someone, actions
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Grandad sees someone being shocked by a broken heater.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 sees | obj |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 shocked | aux:pass |
| 5 | shocked | shock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 someone | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 heater | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 heater | det |
| 8 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 heater | amod |
| 9 | heater | heater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shocked | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Grandad | someone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | shock | gerund · passive | a broken heater | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is the safe order of actions?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 order | det |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 order | amod |
| 5 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 actions | case |
| 7 | actions | action | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 order | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safe order of actions | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | order | actions | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Switch off the power, then help and call for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Switch | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 power | det |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Switch | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 help | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 help | advmod |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Switch | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 call | cc |
| 9 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Switch | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 help | case |
| 11 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | imperative | you not said here | the power | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | ||||
| 2 | help | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | call | infinitive | you not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
Option 2
Wait for them to let go, then switch off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 let | mark |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 switch | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 switch | advmod |
| 9 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 switch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for them = they | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | let | to-infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | switch off | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Pour water on them, then switch off the power
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 them | case |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pour | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 switch | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 switch | advmod |
| 7 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pour | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 switch | compound:prt |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 power | det |
| 10 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 switch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | water | on them = they | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | |||
| 2 | switch off | infinitive | you not said here | the power | then | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
Option 4
Pull the person away with bare hands, then call
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Pull | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 hands | case |
| 6 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hands | amod |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pull | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 call | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 call | advmod |
| 10 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pull | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull away | imperative | you not said here | the person | with bare hands; away property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | call | infinitive | then | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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