--- title: Mia says plastic is made from melted sand. What's true? — Plastics: useful and stubborn · tree and pragmatics description: Mia says plastic is made from melted sand. What's true? Test 7 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/29-plastics-useful-stubborn/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/) / [Plastics: useful and stubborn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/29-plastics-useful-stubborn/) / t7 # Test 7 · Plastics: useful and stubborn Mia says plastic is made from melted sand. What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia · **What happens:** say, make, melt, be · **To what, where:** plastic, melted sand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia says plastic is made from melted sand. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t7:1 # text = Mia says plastic is made from melted sand. 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | plastic | | melted sand | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from sand=Material | | 3 | **melt** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t7:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Plastic is made from melted metal ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t7:o1:1 # text = Plastic is made from melted metal 1 Plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | Plastic | | melted metal | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from metal=Material | | 2 | **melt** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Plastic is made from tree bark ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t7:o2:1 # text = Plastic is made from tree bark 1 Plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | Plastic | | tree bark | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from bark=Material | ### Option 3 {#o3} She's right, sand melts into plastic ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t7:o3:1 # text = She's right, sand melts into plastic 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **melt** | present | sand | | | plastic | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into plastic=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Most plastic comes from oil and gas ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:29-plastics-useful-stubborn:t7:o4:1 # text = Most plastic comes from oil and gas 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Most plastic | | | oil and gas | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from oil=Initial\_Location | **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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