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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduction of electricity by wet skin? Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» 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
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# Exam question 1 · Electricity at home

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduction of electricity by wet skin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduction, electricity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» 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/32-electricity-at-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduction of electricity by wet skin?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduction	conduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conduction of electricity |  |  |  | of the following statements; by wet skin; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | electricity |  |  |  |  | nom conduction «phenomenon transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wet and dry skin conduct electricity equally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e1:o1:1
# text = Wet and dry skin conduct electricity equally
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	conduct	conduct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present | Wet skin | electricity |  |  |  | equally *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wet skin admits a far greater quantity of electricity into the body than dry skin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e1:o2:1
# text = Wet skin admits a far greater quantity of electricity into the body than dry skin
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	admits	admit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | Wet skin | a greater quantity of electricity |  | the body |  | than dry skin | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wet skin prevents electricity from entering the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e1:o3:1
# text = Wet skin prevents electricity from entering the body
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present | Wet skin | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer electricity=Theme |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund | Wet skin *not said here* | the body |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wet skin conducts electricity only in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e1:o4:1
# text = Wet skin conducts electricity only in winter
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	conducts	conduct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present | Wet skin | electricity |  |  | winter |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme |

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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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