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title: «bloody power's out again, light a candle» What is the safer choice? — Power stations and the grid · tree and pragmatics
description: «bloody power's out again, light a candle» What is the safer choice? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Power stations and the grid

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«bloody power's out again, light a candle» What is the safer choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bloody power · **What happens:** be, light · **To what, where:** candle, safer choice

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 32 «Power stations and the grid» 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/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t6:1
# text = «bloody power's out again, light a candle» What is the safer choice?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bloody power |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a candle |  |  | again |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the safer choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Light several candles together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t6:o1:1
# text = Light several candles together
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Open the fridge to use its light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t6:o2:1
# text = Open the fridge to use its light
1	Open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fridge |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fridge=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | fridge's light |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 3 | **light** |  | fridge |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Use a torch, not a candle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t6:o3:1
# text = Use a torch, not a candle
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a torch |  |  |  | a candle *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Light the gas cooker for light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:32-power-stations-and-the-grid:t6:o4:1
# text = Light the gas cooker for light
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cooker	cooker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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