Test 8 · Caring for the environment

What is the best thing to do with a sandwich wrapper if there is no bin nearby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best thing, bin · What happens: be, do

This is test 8 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 wrapper	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wrapper	det
10	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wrapper	compound
11	wrapper	wrapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 is	mark
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	14 is	expl
14	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 bin	det
16	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 is	nsubj
17	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	16 bin	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best thing			tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the best thing not said here		with a sandwich wrapper	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	be a condition, not said to happen	present	no bin	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

Drop it on the grass for the birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drop	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drop	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 birds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 birds	det
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Drop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here	it		the grass		for the birds	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on grass=Destination

Option 2

Hide it under a bush so it is out of sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hide	obj
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 bush	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bush	det
5	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 sight	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sight	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sight	cop
9	out	out	ADP	_	11 sight	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sight	case
11	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	it		a bush			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under bush=Location
2	is	present	bush			sight			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Carry it home and put it in a bin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Carry	obj
3	home	home	ADV	_	1 Carry	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 put	cc
5	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Carry	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bin	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bin	det
9	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	it				home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	put	infinitive	you not said here	it		a bin			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination

Option 4

Throw it in a pond where nobody sees

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 pond	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pond	det
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 sees	advmod
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 sees	nsubj
8	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pond	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	it		a pond			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pond=Destination
2	see	present	nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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