--- title: "plastic's evil, ban all of it, even in hospitals". What would happe… — Plastics: useful and stubborn · tree and pragmatics description: "plastic's evil, ban all of it, even in hospitals". What would happen without plastic in hospitals? 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What would happen without plastic in hospitals? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** evil · **What happens:** ban, happen · **To what, where:** all, hospitals This is test 2 of lesson 29 «Plastics: useful and stubborn» of the chemistry 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/29-plastics-useful-stubborn/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "plastic's evil, ban all of it, even in hospitals". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t2:1 # text = "plastic's evil, ban all of it, even in hospitals". 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ban ban VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 hospitals hospital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** *in a quote* | infinitive | plastic's evil | all | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer all=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. *Sentence 2:* What would happen without plastic in hospitals? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t2:2 # text = What would happen without plastic in hospitals? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hospitals hospital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | hospitals | | without plastic | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Keeping tools germ-free would be much harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t2:o1:1 # text = Keeping tools germ-free would be much harder 1 Keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 germ germ NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | tools germ free | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Theme | | 2 | **is** | would | tools germ free *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t2:o2:1 # text = Nothing at all would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Doctors would just quietly use plastic anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t2:o3:1 # text = Doctors would just quietly use plastic anyway 1 Doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | would | Doctors | plastic | | | | anyway, quietly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plastic=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Medicine would work much better without it ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t2:o4:1 # text = Medicine would work much better without it 1 Medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | would | Medicine | | | | | without it | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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