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description: one bulb on the tree went pop and the whole bloody string's dead. why?? Test 10 of lesson 27 «Batteries, circuits and how electricity flows» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · Batteries, circuits and how electricity flows

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one bulb on the tree went pop and the whole bloody string's dead. why??

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one bulb · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** pop

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This is test 10 of lesson 27 «Batteries, circuits and how electricity flows» of the physics 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/physics/27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t10:1
# text = one bulb on the tree went pop and the whole bloody string's dead. why??
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
16	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | one bulb on the tree | pop |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pop=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 {#o1}

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The plug is angry and switched itself off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t10:o1:1
# text = The plug is angry and switched itself off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the plug |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **switch off** | past | the plug *not said here* | plug |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The broken bulb drank the rest of the electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t10:o2:1
# text = The broken bulb drank the rest of the electricity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | past | the broken bulb | the rest of the electricity |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bang scared the other bulbs off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t10:o3:1
# text = The bang scared the other bulbs off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | past | the bang | the other bulbs |  |  |  | off *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bulb=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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In that string the bulbs share one loop, and the break stops the flow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t10:o4:1
# text = In that string the bulbs share one loop, and the break stops the flow
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | the bulbs | one loop |  | that string |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present | the break | the flow |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality flow=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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