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title: Identify the function of the fuse contained within a United Kingdom… — Electricity at home: switches, plugs,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the function of the fuse contained within a United Kingdom mains plug. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms

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Identify the function of the fuse contained within a United Kingdom mains plug.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, function, Kingdom mains · **What happens:** identify, contain, plug

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» of the technology 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/technology/14-electricity-at-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:e1:1
# text = Identify the function of the fuse contained within a United Kingdom mains plug.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fuse	fuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	contained	contain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	mains	main	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	plug	plug	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **contain** | past | the function of the fuse |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **plug** | present | a Kingdom mains |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It stores electrical energy for later use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:e1:o1:1
# text = It stores electrical energy for later use
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stores	store	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present | It | electrical energy |  |  |  | for use | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It melts so as to interrupt an excessive current

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:e1:o2:1
# text = It melts so as to interrupt an excessive current
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **interrupt** | to-infinitive |  | a excessive current |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It records the energy consumed by the appliance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:e1:o3:1
# text = It records the energy consumed by the appliance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	records	record	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	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present | It | the energy |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |
| 2 | **consume** | participle |  | the energy *not said here* |  |  |  | by the appliance | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It increases the voltage supplied to the appliance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:e1:o4:1
# text = It increases the voltage supplied to the appliance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	increases	increase	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	voltage	voltage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	appliance	appliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | It | the voltage |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer voltage=Patient |
| 2 | **supply** | participle |  | the voltage *not said here* | the appliance |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to appliance=Recipient |

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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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