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title: Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no build… — Electricity and safety · tree and pragmatics
description: Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no building nearby. What is best? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Electricity and safety

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Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no building nearby. What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Granddad, thunder, building · **What happens:** be, start · **To what, where:** field

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no building nearby.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t9:1
# text = Granddad is out in a field when thunder starts and there is no building nearby.
1	Granddad	granddad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
12	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
15	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Granddad |  |  | a field |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | present | thunder |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **be** | present | no building |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «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 is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t9:2
# text = What is best?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Run to the only tree in the field and shelter there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t9:o1:1
# text = Run to the only tree in the field and shelter there
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the field and shelter |  | to the only tree *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lie down flat across the metal gate to keep off the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t9:o2:1
# text = Lie down flat across the metal gate to keep off the grass
1	Lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the metal gate |  | down, flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep off** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the grass |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stand right on top of the hill to watch it coming in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t9:o3:1
# text = Stand right on top of the hill to watch it coming in
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | top of the hill |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | hill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come in** | gerund | hill *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stay low and away from tall things and open water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:28-electricity-and-safety:t9:o4:1
# text = Stay low and away from tall things and open water
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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