Exam question 4 · Electricity at home and staying safe

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the plugging of many devices into one socket.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, one socket, plugging

This is exam question 4 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» of the world 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plugging	det
13	plugging	plugging	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 devices	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 devices	amod
16	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 plugging	nmod
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 socket	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 socket	nummod
19	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	one socket		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the plugging of many devices			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus plugging=Experiencer

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

It is the safest manner of using a socket

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	5 manner	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 manner	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manner	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 manner	amod
5	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 using	mark
7	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 manner	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 socket	det
9	socket	socket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the safest manner					tree rules
2	use	gerund	the safest manner not said here	a socket					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient

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

It can overheat the wires and cause a fire

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	3 overheat	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 overheat	aux
3	overheat	overheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wires	det
5	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 overheat	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cause	cc
7	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 overheat	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overheat	can	It	the wires					vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument wire=Patient
2	cause	infinitive		a fire					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient

Option 3

It has no effect upon the wires whatsoever

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 wires	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wires	det
7	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 effect	nmod
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon the wires; whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4

It reduces the electricity used by each device

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 reduces	nsubj
2	reduces	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 electricity	det
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduces	obj
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 electricity	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 device	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 device	det
8	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present	It	the electricity					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer electricity=Patient
2	use	participle		the electricity not said here				by each device	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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