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title: Why are UK bathroom light switches often pull-cords? — Laundry machines, the freezer and elec… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are UK bathroom light switches often pull-cords? Test 3 · ★★ 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 3 · ★★ · Laundry machines, the freezer and electricity at home

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Why are UK bathroom light switches often pull-cords?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** light switches · **What happens:** be, pull · **To what, where:** light switches, cords

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t3:1
# text = Why are UK bathroom light switches often pull-cords?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	switches	switch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | light switches |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | present | light switches | cords |  |  |  | often *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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So wet hands never touch an ordinary switch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t3:o1:1
# text = So wet hands never touch an ordinary switch
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | present | wet hands | a ordinary switch |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme switch=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So children cannot reach them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t3:o2:1
# text = So children cannot reach them
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reach** | can | children | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because they are cheaper to make

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t3:o3:1
# text = Because they are cheaper to make
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Because pull-cords give more light than ordinary switches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity:t3:o4:1
# text = Because pull-cords give more light than ordinary switches
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	switches	switch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | pull cords | more light |  |  |  | than ordinary switches | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=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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