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title: hands still wet from washing, just gonna flick the light on — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics
description: hands still wet from washing, just gonna flick the light on Test 11 · ★★ 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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hands still wet from washing, just gonna flick the light on

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** wash, flick on · **To what, where:** light

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t11:1
# text = hands still wet from washing, just gonna flick the light on
1	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	dep	_	_
9	flick	flick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flick on** | infinitive |  | the light |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |

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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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Only wet feet matter, not hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t11:o1:1
# text = Only wet feet matter, not hands
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | wet feet | hands |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use your elbow and it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t11:o2:1
# text = Use your elbow and it's fine
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	elbow	elbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | your elbow |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elbow=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's fine, light switches are always safe to touch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t11:o3:1
# text = It's fine, light switches are always safe to touch
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	switches	switch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | light switches |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **touch** | to-infinitive | light switches *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dry your hands first, water carries electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t11:o4:1
# text = Dry your hands first, water carries electricity
1	Dry	dry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  |  |  | first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hand=Result |
| 2 | **carry** | present | water | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=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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