Test 14 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

my cousin says she forced a UK plug into an American socket and "the whole hotel blacked out". what's the true bit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, whole hotel · What happens: say, force, black out, be · To what, where: UK plug, American socket · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forced	nsubj
5	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plug	det
7	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 plug	compound
8	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forced	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 socket	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 socket	det
11	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 socket	amod
12	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forced	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 blacked	cc
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 blacked	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hotel	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hotel	amod
17	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 blacked	nsubj
18	blacked	black	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 forced	conj
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 blacked	compound:prt
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 blacked	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 's	nsubj
23	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 bit	det
25	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 bit	amod
26	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 's	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	force	past	cousin	a UK plug	a American socket	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Recipient
3	black out in a quote	participle	the whole hotel			vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	be	present				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Forcing a plug can cause a shock; use a proper travel adaptor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forcing	force	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cause	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plug	det
3	plug	plug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forcing	obj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	aux
5	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shock	det
7	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cause	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adaptor	det
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 adaptor	amod
12	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 adaptor	compound
13	adaptor	adaptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	force	gerund		a plug	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Recipient
2	cause	can	Forcing	a shock	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition shock=Patient
3	use	infinitive	Forcing not said here	a proper travel adaptor	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adaptor=Patient

Option 2

Adaptors are only for phones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adaptors	adaptor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 phones	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 phones	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 phones	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 phones	case
5	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Adaptors					for phones	tree rules

Option 3

Plugs fit every socket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plugs	plug	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fit	nsubj
2	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 socket	det
4	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	Plugs	every socket					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient

Option 4

Forcing it is fine if you push hard and fast so it can't spark

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forcing	force	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fine	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Forcing	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 push	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 push	nsubj
7	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 spark	advcl
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 push	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fast	cc
10	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hard	conj
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 spark	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 spark	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 spark	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 spark	advmod
15	spark	spark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fine	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	force	gerund		it		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	is	present	Forcing		fine property	tree rules
3	push a condition, not said to happen	present	you		hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	not spark	can	it			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition

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