Exam question 3 · Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of an overloaded socket?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, overload, hazard · To what, where: hazard, overloaded socket

This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hazard	det
10	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 socket	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 socket	det
13	overloaded	overload	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 socket	amod
14	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hazard	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the hazard of a overloaded socket	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	overload	participle			vn spray-9.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	hazard		a overloaded socket		nom hazard «state transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The socket may cease to supply any electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 socket	det
2	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cease	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cease	aux
4	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 supply	mark
6	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cease	xcomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 electricity	det
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supply	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	may	the socket						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	supply	to-infinitive	the socket not said here	any electricity					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Recipient

Option 2

The appliances may operate at reduced brightness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 appliances	det
2	appliances	appliance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 operate	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 operate	aux
4	operate	operate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 brightness	case
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 brightness	amod
7	brightness	brightness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 operate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate	may	the appliances			reduced brightness			vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 3

The socket may emit a poisonous gas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 socket	det
2	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emit	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 emit	aux
4	emit	emit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gas	det
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gas	amod
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 emit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	may	the socket	a poisonous gas					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Excessive current may cause the wiring to overheat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 current	amod
2	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wiring	det
6	wiring	wiring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 overheat	mark
8	overheat	overheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cause	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	may	Excessive current	the wiring					tree rules
2	overheat	to-infinitive	the wiring not said here						vn cooking-45.3 «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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