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description: Grandma has one socket and wants to plug in a heater, a kettle and a toaster at once with adapters. What is the danger? Test 8 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;
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# Test 8 · Electricity at home and staying safe

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Grandma has one socket and wants to plug in a heater, a kettle and a toaster at once with adapters. What is the danger?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandma, danger · **What happens:** have, want, plug, be · **To what, where:** one socket, heater

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandma has one socket and wants to plug in a heater, a kettle and a toaster at once with adapters.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t8:1
# text = Grandma has one socket and wants to plug in a heater, a kettle and a toaster at once with adapters.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	socket	socket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	plug	plug	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heater	heater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	adapters	adapter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Grandma | one socket |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | present | Grandma *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **plug** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Grandma *not said here* |  |  | a heater and a kettle and a toaster |  | with adapters | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with adapter=Theme |

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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 is the danger?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t8:2
# text = What is the danger?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the danger |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The kettle will boil more slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t8:o1:1
# text = The kettle will boil more slowly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	boil	boil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | future | the kettle |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, sockets can take any amount

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t8:o2:1
# text = Nothing, sockets can take any amount
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sockets	socket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | can | Nothing sockets | any amount |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The toaster will make the heater turn cold instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t8:o3:1
# text = The toaster will make the heater turn cold instead
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toaster	toaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heater	heater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | the toaster | the heater |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | infinitive | the heater *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cold, instead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The wires could overheat and start a fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:87-electricity-at-home-and-safety:t8:o4:1
# text = The wires could overheat and start a fire
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	overheat	overheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overheat** | could | the wires |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | the wires *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

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