Exam question 1 · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms

Identify the function of the fuse contained within a United Kingdom mains plug.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, function, Kingdom mains · What happens: identify, contain, plug

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» of the technology 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	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contained	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fuse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fuse	det
6	fuse	fuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
8	within	within	ADP	_	13 plug	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 mains	det
10	United	United	PROPN	_	11 Kingdom	flat
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 mains	compound
12	mains	main	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 plug	nsubj
13	plug	plug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 contained	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	contain	past	the function of the fuse	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	plug	present	a Kingdom mains	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: 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

It stores electrical energy for later use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stores	nsubj
2	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 energy	amod
4	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 use	case
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 use	advmod
7	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	It	electrical energy				for use	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It melts so as to interrupt an excessive current

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 melts	nsubj
2	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 melts	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 interrupt	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 interrupt	mark
6	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 melts	advcl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 current	det
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 current	amod
9	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interrupt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	It						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	interrupt	to-infinitive		a excessive current					tree rules

Option 3

It records the energy consumed by the appliance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 records	nsubj
2	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 energy	det
4	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 records	obj
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 energy	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 appliance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 appliance	det
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present	It	the energy					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme
2	consume	participle		the energy not said here				by the appliance	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It increases the voltage supplied to the appliance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 voltage	det
4	voltage	voltage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 voltage	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 appliance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 appliance	det
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supplied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the voltage					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer voltage=Patient
2	supply	participle		the voltage not said here	the appliance				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to appliance=Recipient

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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