Exam question 4 · Recycling, waste and plastic

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the fate of plastic in the environment.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, fate · To what, where: response, fate, environment, plastic

This is exam question 4 of lesson 88 «Recycling, waste and plastic» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fate	det
13	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 plastic	case
15	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fate	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 environment	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 environment	det
18	environment	environment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the fate of plastic	the environment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fate=Experiencer
5	fate			plastic			nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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

It rots into useful compost within a year

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 rots	nsubj
2	rots	rot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 compost	case
4	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 compost	amod
5	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rots	obl
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rots	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rot	present	It			useful compost	year		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It breaks into tiny pieces called microplastics instead of rotting

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 breaks	nsubj
2	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pieces	amod
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breaks	obl
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pieces	acl
7	microplastics	microplastic	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	xcomp
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 rotting	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	rotting	rot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 breaks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	break	present	It		into tiny pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into piece=Result
2	call	participle	tiny pieces not said here	microplastics		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rot	gerund				vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It turns into glass in sunlight

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 glass	case
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sunlight	case
6	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It			glass		in sunlight	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into glass=Source in sunlight=Trajectory

Option 4

It dissolves wholly in rain water

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 dissolves	nsubj
2	dissolves	dissolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 dissolves	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	compound
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dissolves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present	It			rain water		wholly property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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