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title: my cousin says she forced a UK plug into an American socket and "the… — Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves,… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 14 · ★ · Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel…

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my cousin says she forced a UK plug into an American socket and "the whole hotel blacked out". what's the true bit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, whole hotel · **What happens:** say, force, black out, be · **To what, where:** UK plug, American socket · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 322 «Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks» 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t14:1
# text = my cousin says she forced a UK plug into an American socket and "the whole hotel blacked out". what's the true bit
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forced	force	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	blacked	black	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
19	out	out	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **force** | past | cousin | a UK plug |  | a American socket |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Recipient |
| 3 | **black out** *in a quote* | participle | the whole hotel |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **be** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Forcing a plug can cause a shock; use a proper travel adaptor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t14:o1:1
# text = Forcing a plug can cause a shock; use a proper travel adaptor
1	Forcing	force	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	adaptor	adaptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | gerund |  | a plug |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Recipient |
| 2 | **cause** | can | Forcing | a shock |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition shock=Patient |
| 3 | **use** | infinitive | Forcing *not said here* | a proper travel adaptor |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adaptor=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Adaptors are only for phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t14:o2:1
# text = Adaptors are only for phones
1	Adaptors	adaptor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Adaptors |  |  |  |  | for phones | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Plugs fit every socket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t14:o3:1
# text = Plugs fit every socket
1	Plugs	plug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | Plugs | every socket |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forcing it is fine if you push hard and fast so it can't spark

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks:t14:o4:1
# text = Forcing it is fine if you push hard and fast so it can't spark
1	Forcing	force	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	push	push	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	spark	spark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Forcing |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **push** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **spark** | can | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |

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