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title: Jake sees wires on pylons high above the field. Why are they so high… — Batteries, circuits and how electricit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake sees wires on pylons high above the field. Why are they so high up? Test 8 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Batteries, circuits and how electricity flows

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Jake sees wires on pylons high above the field. Why are they so high up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, wires · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** wires, pylons

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake sees wires on pylons high above the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t8:1
# text = Jake sees wires on pylons high above the field.
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pylons	pylon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Jake | wires |  | pylons |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wire=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:* Why are they so high up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t8:2
# text = Why are they so high up?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	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 | **is** | present | wires *= wire* |  |  |  |  | high, up *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Birds would eat the wires if they were lower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t8:o1:1
# text = Birds would eat the wires if they were lower
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | Birds | the wires |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wire=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Birds *= bird* |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Electricity flows better near the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t8:o2:1
# text = Electricity flows better near the clouds
1	Electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | present | Electricity |  |  | the clouds |  | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near cloud=Location |

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

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They carry very high voltage, so they are kept far from people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t8:o3:1
# text = They carry very high voltage, so they are kept far from people
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	voltage	voltage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | They | high voltage |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voltage=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present · passive | people | they |  |  |  | far *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It makes the electricity arrive faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:27-batteries-circuits-and-how-electricity-flows:t8:o4:1
# text = It makes the electricity arrive faster
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the electricity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrive** | present | the electricity *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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