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title: Lucas in Ireland finds a puddle near the washing machine plug. Which… — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucas in Ireland finds a puddle near the washing machine plug. Which is the safest action? Test 1 · ★★ 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; Mo
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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Lucas in Ireland finds a puddle near the washing machine plug. Which is the safest action?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lucas · **What happens:** find, be · **To what, where:** puddle, machine plug, safest action

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 108 «Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas in Ireland finds a puddle near the washing machine plug.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t1:1
# text = Lucas in Ireland finds a puddle near the washing machine plug.
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	finds	find	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	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Lucas in Ireland | a puddle |  | the machine plug |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puddle=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is the safest action?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t1:2
# text = Which is the safest action?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	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	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest action |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stand in the puddle and switch it off quickly at the plug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t1:o1:1
# text = Stand in the puddle and switch it off quickly at the plug
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the puddle |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in puddle=Location |
| 2 | **switch off** | infinitive | you *not said here* | puddle |  | the plug |  | quickly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wipe the socket with a wet cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t1:o2:1
# text = Wipe the socket with a wet cloth
1	Wipe	wipe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the socket |  |  |  | with a wet cloth | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent socket=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Keep away from the plug and call a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t1:o3:1
# text = Keep away from the plug and call a grown-up
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the plug |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from plug=Eventuality |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pull the plug out with damp hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t1:o4:1
# text = Pull the plug out with damp hands
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plug |  |  |  | with damp hands | tree rules |

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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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