--- title: Pursuant to a failure of the electrical supply, ascertain the advisa… — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics description: Pursuant to a failure of the electrical supply, ascertain the advisable course of action. Exam question 4 of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Laundry machines, the freezer and elec…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home Pursuant to a failure of the electrical supply, ascertain the advisable course of action. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** electrical supply · **What happens:** ascertain, fail · **To what, where:** advisable course This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e4:1 # text = Pursuant to a failure of the electrical supply, ascertain the advisable course of action. 1 Pursuant pursuant ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 electrical electrical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 advisable advisable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | infinitive | | the advisable course of action | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | | 2 | **fail** | | the electrical supply | | | | | | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} Unplug the refrigerator and leave it open ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e4:o1:1 # text = Unplug the refrigerator and leave it open 1 Unplug unplug VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 refrigerator refrigerator NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unplug** | imperative | you *not said here* | the refrigerator | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | refrigerator | | | | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Use a torch and keep the refrigerator closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e4:o2:1 # text = Use a torch and keep the refrigerator closed 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 refrigerator refrigerator NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a torch | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the refrigerator | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **close** | participle | the refrigerator *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Light candles in every room of the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e4:o3:1 # text = Light candles in every room of the house 1 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Open the refrigerator so the food stays fresh ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:e4:o4:1 # text = Open the refrigerator so the food stays fresh 1 Open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 refrigerator refrigerator NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the refrigerator | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location refrigerator=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | present | the food | | | | | fresh *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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