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title: Identify the principal reason for which a householder is advised aga… — When things break: boilers, plumbers a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a householder is advised against undertaking electrical wiring personally. Exam question 1 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

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Identify the principal reason for which a householder is advised against undertaking electrical wiring personally.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, advise, undertake · **To what, where:** principal reason, householder, electrical wiring

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/11-when-things-break/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a householder is advised against undertaking electrical wiring personally.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	householder	householder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wiring	wiring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | a householder |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **undertake** | gerund |  | electrical wiring |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wiring=Eventuality |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Errors in such work may occasion fire or electric shock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:e1:o1:1
# text = Errors in such work may occasion fire or electric shock
1	Errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	occasion	occasion	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | may | Errors in such work | fire or electric shock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wiring is the sole responsibility of the refuse collection service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:e1:o2:1
# text = Wiring is the sole responsibility of the refuse collection service
1	Wiring	wiring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	refuse	refuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Wiring | the sole responsibility |  |  |  | of the collection service | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such work invariably requires a period of several months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:e1:o3:1
# text = Such work invariably requires a period of several months
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Such work | a period of several months |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme period=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Electrical components are prohibited from sale to householders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:11-when-things-break:e1:o4:1
# text = Electrical components are prohibited from sale to householders
1	Electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	components	component	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	householders	householder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Electrical components |  | sale |  | to householders | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from sale=Eventuality |

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**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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