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description: A boy from London visits New York and his three-pin plug won't fit the socket. Why? Test 8 · ★ 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 of each optio
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# Test 8 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

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A boy from London visits New York and his three-pin plug won't fit the socket. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, pin plug · **What happens:** visit, not fit · **To what, where:** New York, socket

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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/294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy from London visits New York and his three-pin plug won't fit the socket.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t8:1
# text = A boy from London visits New York and his three-pin plug won't fit the socket.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	visits	visit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | a boy from London | New York |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent york=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **not** **fit** | future | boy's pin plug | the socket |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t8:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
American electricity has no plugs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t8:o1:1
# text = American electricity has no plugs
1	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	plugs	plug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | American electricity | no plugs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Plugs differ between countries; he needs a travel adaptor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t8:o2:1
# text = Plugs differ between countries; he needs a travel adaptor
1	Plugs	plug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	adaptor	adaptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | Plugs |  |  |  |  | between countries | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **need** | present | he | a travel adaptor |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot adaptor=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The New York socket must be broken and should be reported

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t8:o3:1
# text = The New York socket must be broken and should be reported
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | must · passive |  | the York socket |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **report** | should · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He should push it in harder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:294-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-balconies:t8:o4:1
# text = He should push it in harder
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | should | He | it |  | harder |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hard=Trajectory |

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