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title: Why should hair straighteners never be left on near a towel? — Saving energy, pets at home and the ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should hair straighteners never be left on near a towel? Test 7 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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 7 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

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Why should hair straighteners never be left on near a towel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not leave · **To what, where:** hair straighteners, towel

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This is test 7 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t7:1
# text = Why should hair straighteners never be left on near a towel?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	straighteners	straightener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | should · passive |  | hair straighteners |  | a towel |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on towel=Location |

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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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They can burn the towel and start a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t7:o1:1
# text = They can burn the towel and start a fire
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can | They | the towel |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent towel=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | They *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Towels make straighteners go cold and stop working properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t7:o2:1
# text = Towels make straighteners go cold and stop working properly
1	Towels	towel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	straighteners	straightener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Towels | straighteners |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | straighteners *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** | present | Towels *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **work** | gerund | Towels *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They only work near water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t7:o3:1
# text = They only work near water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | They |  |  | water |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The towel will straighten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:118-energy-pets-and-bathroom:t7:o4:1
# text = The towel will straighten
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	towel	towel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	straighten	straighten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **straighten** | future | the towel |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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