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title: The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster. What most… — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics
description: The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster. What most likely happened? Test 2 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 wrong.
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# Test 2 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster. What most likely happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lights · **What happens:** go out, break, happen · **To what, where:** broken toaster

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t2:1
# text = The lights go out after someone plugs in a broken toaster.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	compound	_	_
7	plugs	plug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | present | the lights |  |  | a broken toaster | after someone plugs | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What most likely happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t2:2
# text = What most likely happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The power station has closed for the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t2:o1:1
# text = The power station has closed for the night
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	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present · perfect · passive |  | the power station |  |  | night |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The meter has run out of numbers to count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t2:o2:1
# text = The meter has run out of numbers to count
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meter	meter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present · perfect | the meter |  |  | numbers |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out number=Trajectory |
| 2 | **count** | to-infinitive | the meter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A circuit breaker cut off the power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t2:o3:1
# text = A circuit breaker cut off the power
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	circuit	circuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	breaker	breaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | participle | a circuit breaker *not said here* | the power |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector power=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bulbs all broke at exactly the same time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t2:o4:1
# text = The bulbs all broke at exactly the same time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | the bulbs |  |  |  | time | all *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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