Test 11 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them

whats the point of recycling a can tbh

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: point · What happens: recycle · To what, where: a

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whats	what	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 point	det
3	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 can	nsubj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 recycling	mark
5	recycling	recycle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 point	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 recycling	obj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 whats	acl:relcl
8	tbh	tbh	ADV	_	7 can	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recycle	gerund	the point not said here	a					tree rules

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

It makes the can heavier for later

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heavier	det
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 heavier	aux
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 later	case
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 heavier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It					heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material

Option 2

Cans disappear on their own anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cans	can	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disappear	nsubj
2	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 own	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 own	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disappear	obl
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 disappear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	present	Cans			Cans's own		anyway property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It only makes the bin lighter

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 makes	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 makes	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bin	det
5	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the bin				light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bin=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The metal is made into new things instead of digging up more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 metal	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 things	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 digging	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 made	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 digging	compound:prt
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 digging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the metal		new things			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into thing=Product
2	dig up	gerund							vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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