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title: State the reason for which mains electrical devices are kept away fr… — Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the reason for which mains electrical devices are kept away from a full bath or sink. Exam question 4 of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 4 · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

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State the reason for which mains electrical devices are kept away from a full bath or sink.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** state, main, keep away · **To what, where:** electrical devices, State, full bath

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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/294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:e4:1
# text = State the reason for which mains electrical devices are kept away from a full bath or sink.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mains	main	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
7	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	sink	sink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* |  | the reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **main** | present | the reason | electrical devices |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep away** | present · passive |  | State |  | a full bath or sink |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from bath=Eventuality |

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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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Devices make bath water colder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:e4:o1:1
# text = Devices make bath water colder
1	Devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Steam drains the device's battery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:e4:o2:1
# text = Steam drains the device's battery
1	Steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drains	drain	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	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | present | Steam | the device's battery |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent battery=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Water damages only the device's appearance and not its workings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:e4:o3:1
# text = Water damages only the device's appearance and not its workings
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	damages	damage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	workings	working	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | present | Water | the device's appearance and Water's workings |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient |

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

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A device falling into water may electrocute someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:e4:o4:1
# text = A device falling into water may electrocute someone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	electrocute	electrocute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund | a device *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result |
| 2 | **electrocute** | may | a device | someone |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |

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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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