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# Exam question 2 · Electricity and safety

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the safety of a person within a motor vehicle during a thunderstorm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** safety

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 28 «Electricity and safety» of the physics 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/physics/28-electricity-and-safety/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the safety of a person within a motor vehicle during a thunderstorm?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	during	during	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the safety of a person |  |  | during a thunderstorm | within a motor vehicle; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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The metallic body conducts any lightning around the occupants to earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:e2:o1:1
# text = The metallic body conducts any lightning around the occupants to earth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	metallic	metallic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	conducts	conduct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present | the metallic body | any lightning |  | the occupants |  | to earth | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lightning=Theme around occupant=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The vehicle affords no protection whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:e2:o2:1
# text = The vehicle affords no protection whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affords	afford	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **afford** | present | the vehicle | no protection |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rubber tyres insulate the vehicle against all lightning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:e2:o3:1
# text = The rubber tyres insulate the vehicle against all lightning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	insulate	insulate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insulate** | present | the rubber tyres | the vehicle |  |  |  | against all lightning | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent vehicle=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The glass windows deflect lightning away from the vehicle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:e2:o4:1
# text = The glass windows deflect lightning away from the vehicle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	deflect	deflect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deflect away** | present | the glass windows | lightning |  | the vehicle |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient |

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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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