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title: Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been rec… — Plastics: useful and stubborn · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been recycled once". Right? Test 5 of lesson 29 «Plastics: useful and stubborn» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · Plastics: useful and stubborn

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Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been recycled once". Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, number · **What happens:** hold up, mean, recycle · **To what, where:** bottle, number · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been recycled once".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t5:1
# text = Dad holds up a bottle: "number 1 in the triangle means it's been recycled once".
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	triangle	triangle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	recycled	recycle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	ccomp	_	_
18	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | present | Dad | a bottle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | number |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **recycle** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | number |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t5:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it counts how many times it was recycled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, it counts how many times it was recycled
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	recycled	recycle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | it |  |  |  | time |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **recycle** | past · passive | many times *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and number 7 means seven times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, and number 7 means seven times
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | number |  |  |  | time |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it says how many litres it holds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t5:o3:1
# text = No, it says how many litres it holds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | it | many litres |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent litre=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | present | it | many litres *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, the number says which kind of plastic it is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t5:o4:1
# text = No, the number says which kind of plastic it is
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the number |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | number | which kind |  |  |  | of plastic | tree rules |

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**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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