Test 10 · ★ · Recycling, waste and plastic

why can't u chuck old batteries in the normal bin

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: not u · To what, where: chuck old batteries, normal bin

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 88 «Recycling, waste and plastic» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 u	advmod
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 u	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 u	advmod
4	u	u	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	chuck	chuck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 batteries	compound
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 batteries	amod
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 u	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 bin	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bin	det
10	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bin	amod
11	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 u	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not u	can		chuck old batteries		the normal bin			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 · ✓ the right answer

They can catch fire and hold harmful metals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 catch	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 catch	aux
3	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catch	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hold	cc
6	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 catch	conj
7	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 metals	amod
8	metals	metal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	can	They	fire					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
2	hold	infinitive	They not said here	harmful metals					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Theme

Option 2

They make all the other rubbish rot much faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 rubbish	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rubbish	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rubbish	amod
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rot	nsubj
7	rot	rot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	xcomp
8	much	much	ADV	_	9 faster	advmod
9	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	They					fast property	tree rules
2	rot	present	all other rubbish						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They are way too heavy for the bin lorry to lift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 way	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	cop
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 way	amod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 lorry	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lorry	det
8	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lorry	compound
9	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavy	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 lift	mark
11	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	way					tree rules
2	lift	to-infinitive							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They will recharge themselves and waste power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 recharge	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 recharge	aux
3	recharge	recharge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 recharge	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waste	cc
6	waste	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 recharge	conj
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waste	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recharge	future	They	themselves = they					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer
2	waste	infinitive	They not said here	power					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient

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