--- title: kite stuck on a power line, gonna get it with a stick — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics description: kite stuck on a power line, gonna get it with a stick Test 16 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home kite stuck on a power line, gonna get it with a stick **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kite · **What happens:** stick, get · **To what, where:** kite, power line, line This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t16:1 # text = kite stuck on a power line, gonna get it with a stick 1 kite kite NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 gonna gonna PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | participle | | kite *not said here* | | a power line | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on line=Destination | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | kite | line | | | | with a stick | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} Throw stones at it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t16:o1:1 # text = Throw stones at it 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | stones | | it | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at it=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Use a wet stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t16:o2:1 # text = Use a wet stick 1 Use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wet stick | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Climb up the pole and grab it, it's not far ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t16:o3:1 # text = Climb up the pole and grab it, it's not far 1 Climb climb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 grab grab 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pole | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location pole=Theme | | 2 | **grab** | infinitive | you *not said here* | pole | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | pole | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Leave it and tell an adult, power lines can kill ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t16:o4:1 # text = Leave it and tell an adult, power lines can kill 1 Leave leave 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 3 | **kill** | can | power lines | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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