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title: Identify the principal reason for which an appliance is unplugged be… — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which an appliance is unplugged before anyone touches its interior. Exam question 2 of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 2 · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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Identify the principal reason for which an appliance is unplugged before anyone touches its interior.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, anyone · **What happens:** identify, unplug, touch · **To what, where:** principal reason, appliance, interior

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an appliance is unplugged before anyone touches its interior.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	unplugged	unplug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
13	touches	touch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **unplug** | present · passive |  | a appliance |  |  |  | for the principal reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **touch** | present | anyone | appliance's interior |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme interior=Co-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 {#o1}

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The plug may otherwise overheat and melt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e2:o1:1
# text = The plug may otherwise overheat and melt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	overheat	overheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overheat** | may | the plug |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **melt** | infinitive | the plug *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes the appliance easier to lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e2:o2:1
# text = It makes the appliance easier to lift
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	appliance	appliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the appliance |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material appliance=Product |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive | the appliance *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A switch may fail and leave it live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e2:o3:1
# text = A switch may fail and leave it live
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | may | a switch |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | a switch *not said here* | switch |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **live** | infinitive | a switch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Unplugging prevents the appliance from cooling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:e2:o4:1
# text = Unplugging prevents the appliance from cooling
1	Unplugging	unplug	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	appliance	appliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cooling	cooling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unplug** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prevent** | present |  | the appliance |  | cooling |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer appliance=Beneficiary from cooling=Eventuality |

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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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