--- title: What would happen if a frayed cable's live wire touched you? — Electricity dangers: sockets, water, c… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a frayed cable's live wire touched you? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries» 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/16-electricity-dangers/t4/) [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 dangers: sockets, water, c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/16-electricity-dangers/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries What would happen if a frayed cable's live wire touched you? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** live wire · **What happens:** happen, fray, touch · **To what, where:** you This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a frayed cable's live wire touched you? 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 _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 frayed fray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 wire wire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **fray** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a frayed cable's live wire | you | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme | 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} You would just feel a little tickle ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t4:o1:1 # text = You would just feel a little tickle 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tickle tickle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | would | You | a little tickle | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tickle=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would charge your body like a battery ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t4:o2:1 # text = It would charge your body like a battery 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | would | It | your body | | | | like a battery | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location body=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, cables are always off ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, cables are always off 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cables cable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 off off ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing cables | | | | | always, off *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Electricity could pass through you and hurt or kill you ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:16-electricity-dangers:t4:o4:1 # text = Electricity could pass through you and hurt or kill you 1 Electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | could | Electricity | | | | | through you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through you=Location | | 2 | **hurt** | infinitive | Electricity *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **kill** | infinitive | Electricity *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | **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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