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title: hands wet, just gonna flick the switch — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics
description: hands wet, just gonna flick the switch Test 14 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 14 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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hands wet, just gonna flick the switch

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** flick · **To what, where:** switch

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This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t14:1
# text = hands wet, just gonna flick the switch
1	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	flick	flick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flick** | infinitive |  | the switch |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent switch=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dry your hands first, water and electricity can shock you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t14:o1:1
# text = Dry your hands first, water and electricity can shock you
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	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	shock	shock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	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 | **shock** | can | water and electricity | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only plugs are dangerous wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t14:o2:1
# text = Only plugs are dangerous wet
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	plugs	plug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | plugs |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Flick it fast, it's fine if you're quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t14:o3:1
# text = Flick it fast, it's fine if you're quick
1	Flick	flick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
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	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Use your elbow wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t14:o4:1
# text = Use your elbow wet
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	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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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 |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elbow=Patient |

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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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