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title: Ivy's phone charger set her pillow on fire at night n her room burnt… — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ivy's phone charger set her pillow on fire at night n her room burnt, my mate says it's cos Ivy's family are messy. should i repeat that Test 19 · ★★ 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 pr
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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Ivy's phone charger set her pillow on fire at night n her room burnt, my mate says it's cos Ivy's family are messy. should i repeat that

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phone charger, mate, i · **What happens:** set, say, be, repeat · **To what, where:** pillow, fire, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t19:1
# text = Ivy's phone charger set her pillow on fire at night n her room burnt, my mate says it's cos Ivy's family are messy. should i repeat that
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	charger	charger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	n	n	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
22	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
23	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
29	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
30	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
32	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | Ivy's phone charger | charger's pillow |  | fire | night | n charger's room; burnt *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme on fire=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | messy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **repeat** | should | i | that |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

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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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No, that bit is unkind; the lesson is charge on a hard surface

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t19:o1:1
# text = No, that bit is unkind; the lesson is charge on a hard surface
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	charge	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | that bit *obl:unmarked*; unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **charge** | present · passive |  | the lesson |  | a hard surface |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, so people stop visiting her house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, so people stop visiting her house
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **visit** | gerund | people *not said here* | her house |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only to people who know Ivy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only to people who know Ivy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | people | Ivy |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ivy=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because messy families deserve to have everyone know about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, because messy families deserve to have everyone know about it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | messy families |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | messy families *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus |

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