--- title: Which is true? — Electricity — circuits, switches and s… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 55 «Electricity — circuits, switches and safety» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/55-electricity/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Electricity — circuits, switches and s…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/55-electricity/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Electricity — circuits, switches and safety Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 55 «Electricity — circuits, switches and safety» of the world 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/world/55-electricity/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:55-electricity:t3:1 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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} Electricity flows best through rubber ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:55-electricity:t3:o1:1 # text = Electricity flows best through rubber 1 Electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | present | Electricity | | | rubber | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through rubber=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Electricity can flow through a broken circuit ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:55-electricity:t3:o2:1 # text = Electricity can flow through a broken circuit 1 Electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 circuit circuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | can | Electricity | | | a broken circuit | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through circuit=Location | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} A single battery is as dangerous as mains ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:55-electricity:t3:o3:1 # text = A single battery is as dangerous as mains 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 mains main NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a single battery | | | | | as mains; dangerous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Electricity needs a complete path to flow ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:55-electricity:t3:o4:1 # text = Electricity needs a complete path to flow 1 Electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Electricity | a complete path | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot path=Theme | | 2 | **flow** | to-infinitive | Electricity *not said here* | a complete path *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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