--- title: Why is a frayed cable dangerous? — Electricity at home and staying safe · tree and pragmatics description: Why is a frayed cable dangerous? Test 6 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Electricity at home and staying safe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/) / t6 # Test 6 · Electricity at home and staying safe Why is a frayed cable dangerous? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** frayed cable · **What happens:** fray, be This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t6:1 # text = Why is a frayed cable dangerous? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 frayed fray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fray** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | a frayed cable | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Bare wires can give a shock or start a fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t6:o1:1 # text = Bare wires can give a shock or start a fire 1 Bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wires wire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | can | Bare wires | a shock | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shock=Theme | | 2 | **start** | infinitive | Bare wires *not said here* | a fire | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} It makes the plug keep falling out of the socket ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t6:o2:1 # text = It makes the plug keep falling out of the socket 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 socket socket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the plug | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | present | the plug *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | gerund | | | | the socket | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out socket=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} It uses up far too much electricity every hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t6:o3:1 # text = It uses up far too much electricity every hour 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use up** | present | It | much electricity | | | hour | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It makes the device too slow to warm up properly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t6:o4:1 # text = It makes the device too slow to warm up properly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 properly properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the device | | | | properly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material device=Product | | 2 | **warm up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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