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# Exam question 2 · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a plug that is hot or a smell of burning near a socket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plug, smell · **What happens:** follow, characteris, be, burn · **To what, where:** plug, socket

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a plug that is hot or a smell of burning near a socket?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
19	near	near	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a plug |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a plug |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **burn** | gerund | a smell *not said here* |  |  | a socket |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near socket=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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A harmless effect of dust upon the plug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e2:o1:1
# text = A harmless effect of dust upon the plug
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **effect** |  |  | dust |  |  |  | upon the plug | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A normal effect of using electricity during the winter months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e2:o2:1
# text = A normal effect of using electricity during the winter months
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | a normal effect *not said here* | electricity |  |  | month |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A sign of an electrical fault requiring prompt attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e2:o3:1
# text = A sign of an electrical fault requiring prompt attention
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	prompt	prompt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | a electrical fault *not said here* | prompt attention |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | a electrical fault |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sign that the device is charging quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e2:o4:1
# text = A sign that the device is charging quickly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	charging	charge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | present · progressive | the device | a sign *not said here* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location sign=Theme |

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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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