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# Exam question 3 · Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of an overloaded socket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, overload, hazard · **To what, where:** hazard, overloaded socket

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» 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/16-electricity-dangers/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard of an overloaded socket?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	overloaded	overload	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the hazard of a overloaded socket |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **overload** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hazard** |  |  | a overloaded socket |  |  |  |  | nom hazard «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The socket may cease to supply any electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:e3:o1:1
# text = The socket may cease to supply any electricity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	supply	supply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | may | the socket |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **supply** | to-infinitive | the socket *not said here* | any electricity |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The appliances may operate at reduced brightness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:e3:o2:1
# text = The appliances may operate at reduced brightness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appliances	appliance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	operate	operate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	brightness	brightness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **operate** | may | the appliances |  |  | reduced brightness |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reduce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The socket may emit a poisonous gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:e3:o3:1
# text = The socket may emit a poisonous gas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	emit	emit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | may | the socket | a poisonous gas |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme |

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

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Excessive current may cause the wiring to overheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:e3:o4:1
# text = Excessive current may cause the wiring to overheat
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wiring	wiring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	overheat	overheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | may | Excessive current | the wiring |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **overheat** | to-infinitive | the wiring *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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