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title: ★★★ «lights went off when I plugged in the toaster, Dad flicked a sw… — Olympiad: machines at home and in the… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★

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★★★ «lights went off when I plugged in the toaster, Dad flicked a switch in the box and they came back. magic or what» What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, I, Dad, lights · **What happens:** go off, plug, flick, come back, happen · **To what, where:** toaster, switch, box

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t5:1
# text = ★★★ «lights went off when I plugged in the toaster, Dad flicked a switch in the box and they came back. magic or what» What happened?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	plugged	plug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	flicked	flick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
25	back	back	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
27	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	_
31	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	32	nsubj	_	_
32	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** *in a quote* | past | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **plug** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  | the toaster |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **flick** *in a quote* | past | Dad | a switch |  | the box |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent switch=Theme in box=Destination |
| 4 | **come back** *in a quote* | past | lights *= light* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 light bulbs got scared of the toaster and turned off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t5:o1:1
# text = The light bulbs got scared of the toaster and turned off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the light bulbs |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **turn off** | past | the light bulbs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Too much current flowed, so a breaker switched the circuit off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t5:o2:1
# text = Too much current flowed, so a breaker switched the circuit off
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flowed	flow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	breaker	breaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	circuit	circuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | past | much current |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **switch off** | past | a breaker | the circuit |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circuit=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The power station switched the whole town off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t5:o3:1
# text = The power station switched the whole town off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | past | the power station | the whole town |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The toaster used up all the house's electricity for the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory:t5:o4:1
# text = The toaster used up all the house's electricity for the day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use up** | participle | the toaster *not said here* | the house's electricity |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **electrify** |  | the house |  |  |  |  |  | nom electricity «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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