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Test 9 · ★ · The environment

A boy in Sydney wants to stop the beach getting more plastic. Which plan is best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, beach, plan · What happens: want, stop, get, be · To what, where: beach, more plastic

This is test 9 · ★ 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: A boy in Sydney wants to stop the beach getting more plastic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beach	det
9	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj
10	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 beach	acl
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 plastic	amod
12	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 getting	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a boy in Sydney						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	a boy in Sydney not said here	the beach					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality beach=Eventuality
3	get	gerund	the beach not said here	more plastic					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plastic=Stimulus

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: Which plan is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 best	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 best	cop
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which plan					good property	tree rules

The options

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

Pick up litter safely and get his family to use fewer plastic things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
3	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pick	obj
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	1 Pick	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 family	nmod:poss
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 use	mark
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	xcomp
11	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 things	amod
12	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 things	amod
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	litter				safely property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Topic
2	get	infinitive	you not said here	his family					tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive	his family not said here	fewer plastic things					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 2

Throw the plastic out to sea on a windy day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plastic	det
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	out	out	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 sea	case
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	windy	windy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	imperative	you not said here	the plastic		sea	day	out property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent plastic=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 3

Ask the fish to avoid the plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avoid	mark
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plastic	det
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the fish				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient
2	avoid	to-infinitive	you not said here	the plastic					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent plastic=Location

Option 4

Bury the plastic in the sand where no one sees it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plastic	det
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bury	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sand	det
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bury	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 sees	advmod
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sees	nsubj
10	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sand	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	the plastic		the sand			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent plastic=Theme in sand=Destination
2	see	present	no one	plastic					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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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