--- title: Leo yanks the plug out by its cable. What is the rule? — Electricity at home: switches, plugs,… · tree and pragmatics description: Leo yanks the plug out by its cable. What is the rule? Test 9 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/14-electricity-at-home/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Electricity at home: switches, plugs,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/14-electricity-at-home/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms Leo yanks the plug out by its cable. What is the rule? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, plug, rule · **What happens:** yank out, cable, be · **To what, where:** plug This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 14 «Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms» of the technology 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/technology/14-electricity-at-home/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo yanks the plug out by its cable. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t9:1 # text = Leo yanks the plug out by its cable. 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yanks yank 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 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yank out** | present | Leo | the plug | | | | by plug's cable | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent plug=Patient | | 2 | **cable** | | plug | | | | | | nom cable «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the rule? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t9:2 # text = What is the rule? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the rule | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It's fine if you pull fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t9:o1:1 # text = It's fine if you pull fast 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pull** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | fast *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hold the plug, not the cable ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t9:o2:1 # text = Hold the plug, not the cable 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plug | | | | the cable *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pull with two hands on the cable ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t9:o3:1 # text = Pull with two hands on the cable 1 Pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with two hands; on the cable | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on cable=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wiggle the cable side to side ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:14-electricity-at-home:t9:o4:1 # text = Wiggle the cable side to side 1 Wiggle wiggle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wiggle** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cable side | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | **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. 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