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title: a video said u should grab someone getting a shock to pull them off.… — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics
description: a video said u should grab someone getting a shock to pull them off. right? Test 13 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 13 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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a video said u should grab someone getting a shock to pull them off. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** video, u · **What happens:** say, grab, get, pull off · **To what, where:** someone, shock, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t13:1
# text = a video said u should grab someone getting a shock to pull them off. right?
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a video |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grab** | should | u | someone |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | gerund |  | a shock |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shock=Stimulus |
| 4 | **pull off** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |

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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 -->
No, throw water on them first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t13:o1:1
# text = No, throw water on them first
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  | on them *= they*; first *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on they=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, switch off the power first before touching them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t13:o2:1
# text = No, switch off the power first before touching them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	switch	switch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the power |  |  |  | first *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but use both hands to pull hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, but use both hands to pull hard
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | both hands |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, pull them off as quickly as you can before it gets worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, pull them off as quickly as you can before it gets worse
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
14	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull off** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | it |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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