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title: Which is the safest thing to do in a bathroom? — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safest thing to do in a bathroom? Test 3 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 3 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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Which is the safest thing to do in a bathroom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** safest thing, bathroom

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t3:1
# text = Which is the safest thing to do in a bathroom?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a bathroom |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Plug a radio in beside the bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t3:o1:1
# text = Plug a radio in beside the bath
1	Plug	plug	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plug** | imperative | you *not said here* | a radio |  | the bath |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme radio=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use a hair dryer while sitting in a warm bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t3:o2:1
# text = Use a hair dryer while sitting in a warm bath
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dryer	dryer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hair dryer |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dryer=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | a warm bath |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bath=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Touch the light switch with wet hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t3:o3:1
# text = Touch the light switch with wet hands
1	Touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	switch	switch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the light switch |  |  |  | with wet hands | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent switch=Experiencer with hand=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Keep electrical things away from the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t3:o4:1
# text = Keep electrical things away from the water
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	electrical	electrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | electrical things |  | the water |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer thing=Beneficiary from water=Eventuality |

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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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