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title: Identify the correct method of disconnecting an appliance from a wal… — Electricity at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the correct method of disconnecting an appliance from a wall socket. Exam question 2 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 right.
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# Exam question 2 · Electricity at home

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Identify the correct method of disconnecting an appliance from a wall socket.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, correct method · **What happens:** identify, disconnect · **To what, where:** correct method, appliance

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e2:1
# text = Identify the correct method of disconnecting an appliance from a wall socket.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	disconnecting	disconnect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 correct method |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme |
| 2 | **disconnect** | gerund | the correct method *not said here* | a appliance |  |  |  | from a wall socket | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent appliance=Patient from socket=Co-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 {#o1}

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Pulling sharply upon the cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e2:o1:1
# text = Pulling sharply upon the cord
1	Pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon the cord; sharply *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twisting the cord around the hand and pulling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e2:o2:1
# text = Twisting the cord around the hand and pulling
1	Twisting	twist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pulling	pulling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | gerund |  | the cord |  | the hand and pulling |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cord=Theme around hand=Trajectory |

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

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Holding the plug itself and drawing it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e2:o3:1
# text = Holding the plug itself and drawing it out
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | the plug |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme |
| 2 | **draw out** | gerund |  | plug |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kicking the plug out of the socket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:e2:o4:1
# text = Kicking the plug out of the socket
1	Kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | gerund |  | the plug |  | the socket |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent plug=Patient out socket=Location |

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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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