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description: Whereas a tablet has switched itself off on account of excessive heat, select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 4 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 4 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi

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Whereas a tablet has switched itself off on account of excessive heat, select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** switch off, select, establish, account · **To what, where:** tablet, account, response, excessive heat

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:e4:1
# text = Whereas a tablet has switched itself off on account of excessive heat, select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | present · perfect · passive |  | a tablet |  | account of excessive heat |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | excessive heat |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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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The device ought to be placed forthwith in a freezer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:e4:o1:1
# text = The device ought to be placed forthwith in a freezer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	freezer	freezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | ought · passive |  | the device |  | a freezer |  | forthwith *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in freezer=Destination |

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

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The device ought to be permitted to cool, and the user to rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:e4:o2:1
# text = The device ought to be permitted to cool, and the user to rest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cool	cool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	user	user	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | ought · passive |  | the device |  |  |  | the user *obl* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cool** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The device ought to be covered so as to retain warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:e4:o3:1
# text = The device ought to be covered so as to retain warmth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | ought · passive |  | the device |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive |  | warmth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The device ought to be restarted and play resumed immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi:e4:o4:1
# text = The device ought to be restarted and play resumed immediately
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	restarted	restart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	resumed	resume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restart** | ought · passive |  | the device |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **resume** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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