Test 6 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

Which is true about picking up litter you did not drop?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, pick up, not drop · To what, where: litter

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 picking	mark
5	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 true	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 picking	compound:prt
7	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picking	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 drop	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 drop	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 drop	advmod
11	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 litter	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			true property	tree rules
2	pick up	gerund		litter		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Topic
3	not drop	past · do-support	you	litter not said here		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It helps nature and sets a good example for others

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 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sets	cc
5	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 helps	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 example	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 example	amod
8	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sets	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	nature					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary
2	set	present		a good example				for others	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent example=Patient for other=Beneficiary

Option 2

It is only the council's job, never yours

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	7 job	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 job	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 job	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 council	det
5	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 job	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 council	case
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 yours	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 yours	advmod
10	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 job	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the council's job					tree rules

Option 3

It encourages people to drop more litter

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 encourages	nsubj
2	encourages	encourage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 encourages	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 drop	mark
5	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 encourages	xcomp
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 litter	amod
7	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encourage	present	It	people					vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic
2	drop not said to happen	to-infinitive	people not said here	more litter					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme

Option 4

You must never touch any litter at all, even with gloves on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 touch	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 touch	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 touch	advmod
4	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 litter	det
6	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 touch	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 touch	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gloves	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 gloves	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 gloves	case
12	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 touch	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	4 touch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	must	You	any litter		all		with gloves	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent litter=Experiencer with glove=Instrument

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