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title: A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation. What… — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation. What should he do? Test 4 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 4 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation. What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** football · **What happens:** land, fence, do · **To what, where:** fenced electricity substation

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t4:1
# text = A boy's football lands inside a fenced electricity substation.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	fenced	fence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	substation	substation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **land** | present | a boy's football |  |  | a fenced electricity substation |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fence** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t4:2
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **do** | should | football |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Use a metal pole to drag it out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t4:o1:1
# text = Use a metal pole to drag it out
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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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 metal pole |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Patient |
| 2 | **drag out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | pole |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wait until dark and then fetch it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t4:o2:1
# text = Wait until dark and then fetch it
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | until dark |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  | then |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Climb the fence quickly to get it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t4:o3:1
# text = Climb the fence quickly to get it back
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fence |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location fence=Theme |
| 2 | **get back** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | fence |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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

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Leave it and ask an adult to call the electricity company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t4:o4:1
# text = Leave it and ask an adult to call the electricity company
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **call** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the electricity company |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent company=Recipient |

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