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# Test 2 · ★★ · Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries

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In a cartoon a kite gets stuck on a power line and a boy climbs the pylon to get it. Real rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** stick, climb, get · **To what, where:** kite, cartoon, pylon

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» 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/16-electricity-dangers/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a kite gets stuck on a power line and a boy climbs the pylon to get it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a kite gets stuck on a power line and a boy climbs the pylon to get it.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pylon	pylon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present · passive |  | a kite |  | a cartoon |  | on a power line | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **climb** | present | a boy | the pylon |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location pylon=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | pylon |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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:* Real rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t2:2
# text = Real rule?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Leave it and tell an adult; never climb a pylon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t2:o1:1
# text = Leave it and tell an adult; never climb a pylon
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pylon	pylon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 3 | **not** **climb** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a pylon |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location pylon=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pull the string hard to free it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t2:o2:1
# text = Pull the string hard to free it
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | the string |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent string=Theme it=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Climb, but wear rubber boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t2:o3:1
# text = Climb, but wear rubber boots
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | infinitive | you *not said here* | rubber boots |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Throw stones at it until it falls down off the wire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t2:o4:1
# text = Throw stones at it until it falls down off the wire
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | stones |  | it |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at it=Destination |
| 2 | **fall down** | present | it |  |  | the wire |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme off wire=Initial\_Location |

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