--- title: oi, can I swing on the charging cable while the car charges? — Electric cars and charging · tree and pragmatics description: oi, can I swing on the charging cable while the car charges? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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/19-electric-cars-and-charging/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/) / [Electric cars and charging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging oi, can I swing on the charging cable while the car charges? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** swing, charge · **To what, where:** charging cable This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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/19-electric-cars-and-charging/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t3:1 # text = oi, can I swing on the charging cable while the car charges? 1 oi oi INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | can | I | | | the charging cable | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on cable=Trajectory | | 2 | **charge** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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} Yes, if you hold the plug end tight and don't swing too high ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t3:o1:1 # text = Yes, if you hold the plug end tight and don't swing too high 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **end** | present | the plug | | | | | tight *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **swing** | present · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it's just a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t3:o2:1 # text = Yes, it's just a rope 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a rope | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, but you can pull the plug out ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t3:o3:1 # text = No, but you can pull the plug out 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | can | you | the plug | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, never play with charging cables or plugs ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:t3:o4:1 # text = No, never play with charging cables or plugs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 charging charging NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cables cable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 plugs plug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with charging cables or plugs | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cable=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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