Exam question 3 · Recycling: giving materials a second life
It is given that refuse is deposited in a landfill site. Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: give, deposit, select, be, establish · To what, where: It, refuse, landfill site, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Recycling: giving materials a second life» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that refuse is deposited in a landfill site.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 refuse | det |
| 5 | refuse | refuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 deposited | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 deposited | aux:pass |
| 7 | deposited | deposit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 site | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 site | det |
| 10 | landfill | landfill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 site | compound |
| 11 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 deposited | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | deposit | present · passive | that refuse | a landfill site | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in site=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 consistent | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 consistent | cop |
| 6 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 facts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 facts | det |
| 9 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 facts | amod |
| 10 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 consistent | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the response | with the established facts; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It decomposes slowly and emits methane
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 decomposes | nsubj |
| 2 | decomposes | decompose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 decomposes | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 emits | cc |
| 5 | emits | emit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 decomposes | conj |
| 6 | methane | methane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 emits | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decompose | present | It | slowly property | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | emit | present | methane | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source methane=Theme |
Option 2
It emits no gas whatsoever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 emits | nsubj |
| 2 | emits | emit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 gas | det |
| 4 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 emits | obj |
| 5 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 2 emits | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emit | present | It | no gas | whatsoever property | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme |
Option 3
It disappears entirely within days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 disappears | nsubj |
| 2 | disappears | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 2 disappears | advmod |
| 4 | within | within | ADP | _ | 5 days | case |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 disappears | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | present | It | day | entirely property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It is spontaneously converted into compost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 converted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 converted | aux:pass |
| 3 | spontaneously | spontaneously | ADV | _ | 4 converted | advmod |
| 4 | converted | convert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 compost | case |
| 6 | compost | compost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 converted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | convert | present · passive | It | into compost result; spontaneously property | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into compost=Result |
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