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title: Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electro… — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electronic device frequently remedies a malfunction. Exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 3 · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electronic device frequently remedies a malfunction.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, electronic device · **What happens:** identify, restart, remedy · **To what, where:** principal reason, malfunction

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electronic device frequently remedies a malfunction.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
8	restarting	restart	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	remedies	remedy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	malfunction	malfunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **restart** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **remedy** | present | the electronic device | a malfunction |  |  |  | for the principal reason; frequently *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent malfunction=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It clears the device's working memory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e3:o1:1
# text = It clears the device's working memory
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	clears	clear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	working	working	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clear** | present | It | the device's working memory |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It restores the battery to full charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e3:o2:1
# text = It restores the battery to full charge
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	restores	restore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | present | It | the battery | full charge |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent battery=Theme to charge=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It removes dust from the internal wiring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e3:o3:1
# text = It removes dust from the internal wiring
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	internal	internal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wiring	wiring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | dust |  | the internal wiring |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dust=Theme from wiring=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It repairs damaged physical components

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:e3:o4:1
# text = It repairs damaged physical components
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	repairs	repair	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	components	component	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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