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title: toaster's switched off at the button, can i poke the bread out — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: toaster's switched off at the button, can i poke the bread out Test 13 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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toaster's switched off at the button, can i poke the bread out

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toaster · **What happens:** switch off, poke out · **To what, where:** toaster, button, bread

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» 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/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t13:1
# text = toaster's switched off at the button, can i poke the bread out
1	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	poke	poke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | participle |  | toaster *not said here* |  | the button |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **poke out** | can | toaster | the bread |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bread=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, the switch makes it safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, the switch makes it safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the switch | it |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the light is off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, if the light is off
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the light |  |  |  |  | off *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Unplug it first, a switch can fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t13:o3:1
# text = Unplug it first, a switch can fail
1	Unplug	unplug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unplug** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fail** | can | a switch |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, with a metal knife quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, with a metal knife quickly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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