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title: In a cartoon, a character dries her hair in the bath and nothing hap… — Electricity and safety · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a character dries her hair in the bath and nothing happens. What's wrong? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 28 «Electricity and safety» 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 4 · ★ · Electricity and safety

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In a cartoon, a character dries her hair in the bath and nothing happens. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character, nothing · **What happens:** dry, happen, be · **To what, where:** hair, cartoon

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 28 «Electricity and safety» 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/28-electricity-and-safety/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a character dries her hair in the bath and nothing happens.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a character dries her hair in the bath and nothing happens.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
15	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | present | a character | character's hair |  | a cartoon |  | in the bath | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hair=Result |
| 2 | **happen** | present | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t4:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, because the bath water blocks electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, because the bath water blocks electricity
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | the bath water | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer electricity=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bath water would just get pleasantly warm, that's all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t4:o2:1
# text = The bath water would just get pleasantly warm, that's all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the bath water | all |  |  |  | pleasantly, warm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Water carries electricity, so it could kill her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t4:o3:1
# text = Water carries electricity, so it could kill her
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Water | electricity |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | could | Water | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hair dryers only ever blow out cold air near water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t4:o4:1
# text = Hair dryers only ever blow out cold air near water
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dryers	dryer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	blow	blow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow out** | infinitive | Hair dryers | cold air |  | water | ever |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent air=Patient |

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