Test 10 · Caring for the environment

chuck the apple core in the bin or what

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: chuck · To what, where: apple core, bin

This is test 10 of lesson 57 «Caring for the environment» 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	chuck	chuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 core	det
3	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 core	compound
4	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chuck	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 bin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bin	det
7	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 chuck	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 what	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 bin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	imperative	you not said here	the apple core		the bin			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent core=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Burn it on a bonfire along with plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Burn	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bonfire	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bonfire	det
5	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burn	obl
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 plastic	case
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 plastic	case
8	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	imperative	you not said here	it		a bonfire		along plastic	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Bury it in plastic bags

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bury	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bags	case
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bags	amod
5	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	it		plastic bags			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Put it in compost to feed the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 compost	case
4	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feed	mark
6	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		compost			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in compost=Destination
2	feed	to-infinitive	you not said here	the soil					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Recipient

Option 4

Throw it in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl

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

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