--- title: What would happen if a toddler pulled the cable of an iron left on t… — Kitchen and garden dangers · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a toddler pulled the cable of an iron left on the board? Test 3 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» 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/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/t3/) [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/) / [Kitchen and garden dangers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/) / t3 # Test 3 · Kitchen and garden dangers What would happen if a toddler pulled the cable of an iron left on the board? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** toddler · **What happens:** happen, pull, leave, cable · **To what, where:** cable, iron, board This is test 3 of lesson 15 «Kitchen and garden dangers» 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/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t3:1 # text = What would happen if a toddler pulled the cable of an iron left on the board? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 toddler toddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pull** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a toddler | the cable of a iron | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cable=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | a iron *not said here* | | the board | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on board=Location | | 4 | **cable** | | | a iron | | | | | nom cable «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} The iron would switch itself on and start steaming ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t3:o1:1 # text = The iron would switch itself on and start steaming 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 switch switch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 steaming steam VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch on** | would | the iron | iron | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 2 | **start** | infinitive | the iron *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **steam** | gerund | the iron *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The board would fold up safely ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t3:o2:1 # text = The board would fold up safely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fold fold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 safely safely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fold up** | would | the board | | | | | safely *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The hot iron could fall and burn them ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t3:o3:1 # text = The hot iron could fall and burn them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | could | the hot iron | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **burn** | infinitive | the hot iron *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, irons have no weight ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers:t3:o4:1 # text = Nothing, irons have no weight 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 irons iron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Nothing irons | no weight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=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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