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Test 8 · ★ · The environment

Your sister says, "Reuse means putting it in the recycling bin." How do you correct her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, you · What happens: say, reuse, mean, put, correct · To what, where: it, recycling bin, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» of the religion ethics 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

Sentence 1: Your sister says, "Reuse means putting it in the recycling bin."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjccompxcompobjcasedetcompoundoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONsisterNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTReuseVERBmeansVERBputtingVERBitPRONinADPtheDETrecyclingNOUNbinNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 sisternmod:poss
2sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 meanspunct
5""PUNCT_6 Reusepunct
6ReusereuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin7 meansnsubj
7meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
8puttingputVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 meansxcomp
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 puttingobj
10ininADP_13 bincase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 bindet
12recyclingrecyclingNOUNNumber=Sing13 bincompound
13binbinNOUNNumber=Sing8 puttingobl
14..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
15""PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour sistervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2reuse in a quoteinfinitivevn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3mean in a quotepresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4put not said to happen, in a quotegerunditthe recycling binvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=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: How do you correct her?

advmodauxnsubjobjpunctrootHowADVdoAUXyouPRONcorrectVERBherPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 correctadvmod
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 correctaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 correctnsubj
4correctcorrectVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 correctobj
6??PUNCT_4 correctpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1correct speech: disagreepresent · do-supportyousistervn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is right, reuse and recycle mean exactly the same thing

nsubjcopnsubjpunctparataxisccconjadvmoddetamodobjrootShePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTreuseVERBandCCONJrecycleVERBmeanVERBexactlyADVtheDETsameADJthingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Pos8 meannsubj
4,,PUNCT_5 reusepunct
5reusereuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
6andandCCONJ_7 recyclecc
7recyclerecycleVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin5 reuseconj
8meanmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9exactlyexactlyADV_12 thingadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 thingdet
11samesameADJDegree=Pos12 thingamod
12thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing8 meanobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSheright propertytree rules
2reuseinfinitivevn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3recycleinfinitivetree rules
4meanpresentrightthe same thingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Option 2

Reuse means throwing it out and then forgetting all about it

nsubjccompobjcompound:prtccadvmodconjadvmodcaseoblrootReuseVERBmeansVERBthrowingVERBitPRONoutADPandCCONJthenADVforgettingVERBallADVaboutADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ReusereuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3throwingthrowVERBVerbForm=Ger2 meansccomp
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 throwingobj
5outoutADP_3 throwingcompound:prt
6andandCCONJ_8 forgettingcc
7thenthenADVPronType=Dem8 forgettingadvmod
8forgettingforgetVERBVerbForm=Ger3 throwingconj
9allallADV_8 forgettingadvmod
10aboutaboutADP_11 itcase
11ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 forgettingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reuseinfinitivevn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3throw outgerunditvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4forgetgerundthenabout it; all propertytree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Reuse means using a thing again, like refilling a bottle

nsubjxcompdetobjadvmodpunctmarkadvcldetobjrootReuseVERBmeansVERBusingVERBaDETthingNOUNagainADV,PUNCTlikeSCONJrefillingVERBaDETbottleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ReusereuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3usinguseVERBVerbForm=Ger2 meansxcomp
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 thingdet
5thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing3 usingobj
6againagainADV_3 usingadvmod
7,,PUNCT_9 refillingpunct
8likelikeSCONJ_9 refillingmark
9refillingrefillVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 usingadvcl
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 bottledet
11bottlebottleNOUNNumber=Sing9 refillingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reuseinfinitivevn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3use not said to happengerunda thingagainvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient
4refillgerunda bottletree rules

Option 4

Reuse means going out and buying a new one of the same thing

nsubjxcompcompound:prtccconjdetamodobjcasedetamodnmodrootReuseVERBmeansVERBgoingVERBoutADPandCCONJbuyingVERBaDETnewADJoneNOUNofADPtheDETsameADJthingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ReusereuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3goinggoVERBVerbForm=Ger2 meansxcomp
4outoutADP_3 goingcompound:prt
5andandCCONJ_6 buyingcc
6buyingbuyVERBVerbForm=Ger3 goingconj
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 onedet
8newnewADJDegree=Pos9 oneamod
9oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing6 buyingobj
10ofofADP_13 thingcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 thingdet
12samesameADJDegree=Pos13 thingamod
13thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing9 onenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reuseinfinitivevn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3go out not said to happengerundvn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4buygerunda new one of the same thingvn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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