--- title: Dad, staring at a sparking plug socket: "Don't touch it, I'm ringing… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics description: Dad, staring at a sparking plug socket: "Don't touch it, I'm ringing an electrician." Why is he right? 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Why is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, he · **What happens:** stare, spark, not touch, ring, be · **To what, where:** socket, electrician This is test 11 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad, staring at a sparking plug socket: "Don't touch it, I'm ringing an electrician." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t11:1 # text = Dad, staring at a sparking plug socket: "Don't touch it, I'm ringing an electrician." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 sparking spark VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 7 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 socket socket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 electrician electrician NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | at a sparking plug socket | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at socket=Theme | | 2 | **spark** | gerund | | | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition | | 3 | **not** **touch** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | I *not said here* | socket | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 4 | **ring** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | a electrician | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location electrician=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. *Sentence 2:* Why is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t11:2 # text = Why is he right? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He just doesn't like using tools ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t11:o1:1 # text = He just doesn't like using tools 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **use** *not said to happen* | gerund | He *not said here* | tools | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Electricity mistakes can be dangerous, so call an expert ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t11:o2:1 # text = Electricity mistakes can be dangerous, so call an expert 1 Electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 expert expert NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | can | Electricity mistakes | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | infinitive | | a expert | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent expert=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Electricians are cheaper than doing it yourself ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t11:o3:1 # text = Electricians are cheaper than doing it yourself 1 Electricians electrician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Electricians | | | | | cheap *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | Electricians *not said here* | it | | | | yourself *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Plug sockets are owned by the government ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t11:o4:1 # text = Plug sockets are owned by the government 1 Plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sockets socket 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 owned own VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own** | present · passive | the government | Plug sockets | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme | **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. 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