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title: Pursuant to the overflow of a bath, ascertain the correct procedure. — Baths, water at home and doors · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the overflow of a bath, ascertain the correct procedure. Exam question 4 of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» 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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# Exam question 4 · Baths, water at home and doors

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Pursuant to the overflow of a bath, ascertain the correct procedure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, bath · **What happens:** ascertain, overflow · **To what, where:** correct procedure

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 109 «Baths, water at home and doors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/109-baths-water-and-doors/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the overflow of a bath, ascertain the correct procedure.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	overflow	overflow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct procedure |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic |
| 2 | **overflow** |  | a bath |  |  |  |  |  | nom overflow «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Leave the tap running and mop the floor beneath it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e4:o1:1
# text = Leave the tap running and mop the floor beneath it
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mop	mop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | the tap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mop** | present | you *not said here* | the floor |  |  |  | beneath floor | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent floor=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Unplug the bathroom light while standing in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e4:o2:1
# text = Unplug the bathroom light while standing in water
1	Unplug	unplug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unplug** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bathroom light |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | water |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Switch on an electric heater nearby so as to dry the floor quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e4:o3:1
# text = Switch on an electric heater nearby so as to dry the floor quickly
1	Switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heater	heater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | to-infinitive | Switch on a electric heater | the floor |  |  |  | nearby, quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient floor=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Turn off the tap, pull the plug and avoid electrical things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:109-baths-water-and-doors:e4:o4:1
# text = Turn off the tap, pull the plug and avoid electrical things
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tap |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tap=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the plug |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme |
| 3 | **avoid** | infinitive | you *not said here* | electrical things |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Location |

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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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