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title: kite's stuck near the power lines, can i get it down — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics
description: kite's stuck near the power lines, can i get it down Test 10 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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kite's stuck near the power lines, can i get it down

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** stick, get down · **To what, where:** kite, power lines

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This is test 10 of lesson 87 «Electricity at home and staying safe» 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/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t10:1
# text = kite's stuck near the power lines, can i get it down
1	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | kite *not said here* |  | the power lines |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme near line=Destination |
| 2 | **get down** | can | i | kite |  |  |  | 's kite | 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}

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Yes, if you wear rubber shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you wear rubber shoes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | you | rubber shoes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you use a long stick to reach it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you use a long stick to reach it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | you | a long stick |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | stick |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, never fly or fetch a kite near power lines; tell an adult

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t10:o3:1
# text = No, never fly or fetch a kite near power lines; tell an adult
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	fly	fly	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fly** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a kite |  | power lines |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if the kite string is dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, if the kite string is dry
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the kite string |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |

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