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title: Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels… — Electricity at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels hot. What does that warning sign mean? Test 9 · ★ 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 wro
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# Test 9 · ★ · Electricity at home

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Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels hot. What does that warning sign mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plug, warning sign · **What happens:** plug, feel, mean · **To what, where:** Five heaters, one strip

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels hot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t9:1
# text = Five heaters and a TV are plugged into one strip, and the plug feels hot.
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	heaters	heater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	plugged	plug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plug** | present · passive |  | Five heaters and a TV |  | one strip |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **feel** | present | the plug |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* What does that warning sign mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t9:2
# text = What does that warning sign mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | that warning sign |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The strip is charging up to store power for later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t9:o1:1
# text = The strip is charging up to store power for later
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	charging	charge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge up** | present · progressive | the strip |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **store** | to-infinitive | the strip *not said here* | power |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The heaters are about to switch off for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t9:o2:1
# text = The heaters are about to switch off for good
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heaters	heater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the heaters |  |  |  |  | for good; about, switch *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The wires are overheating and could start a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t9:o3:1
# text = The wires are overheating and could start a fire
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	overheating	overheating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the wires |  |  |  |  | overheating *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | could | the wires *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The electricity is working especially well today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:32-electricity-at-home:t9:o4:1
# text = The electricity is working especially well today
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present · progressive | the electricity |  |  |  | today | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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