--- title: phone charger cable's frayed and sparking a bit — Electricity at home · tree and pragmatics description: phone charger cable's frayed and sparking a bit Test 16 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/32-electricity-at-home/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Electricity at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/32-electricity-at-home/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Electricity at home phone charger cable's frayed and sparking a bit **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** fray, spark · **To what, where:** charger cable, bit This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 32 «Electricity at home» 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/32-electricity-at-home/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t16:1 # text = phone charger cable's frayed and sparking a bit 1 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 charger charger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 frayed fray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sparking spark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fray** | participle · passive | | charger cable | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **spark** | gerund | | a bit | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bit=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Unplug it at the wall and tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t16:o1:1 # text = Unplug it at the wall and tell an adult 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 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unplug** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the wall | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tape it up and just keep using it, it's fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t16:o2:1 # text = Tape it up and just keep using it, it's fine 1 Tape tape 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 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tape up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **use** | gerund | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wrap it round your hand to hold it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t16:o3:1 # text = Wrap it round your hand to hold it 1 Wrap wrap 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 round round ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | round your hand | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Keep charging, sparks are normal ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t16:o4:1 # text = Keep charging, sparks are normal 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **charge** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | sparks | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | **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. 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