--- title: If people recycled all metal and stopped throwing it away, what woul… — Metals and what they're good for · tree and pragmatics description: If people recycled all metal and stopped throwing it away, what would happen? Test 10 of lesson 31 «Metals and what they're good for» 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/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/t10/) [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/) / [Metals and what they're good for](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/) / t10 # Test 10 · Metals and what they're good for If people recycled all metal and stopped throwing it away, what would happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** recycle, stop, throw away, happen · **To what, where:** metal This is test 10 of lesson 31 «Metals and what they're good for» 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/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:t10:1 # text = If people recycled all metal and stopped throwing it away, what would happen? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 recycled recycle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recycle** | past | people | all metal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **throw away** | gerund | people *not said here* | metal | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} More mining would be needed ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:t10:o1:1 # text = More mining would be needed 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 mining mining NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | would · passive | | More mining | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Less mining would be needed ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:t10:o2:1 # text = Less mining would be needed 1 Less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 mining mining NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | would · passive | | Less mining | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Metal would run out faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:t10:o3:1 # text = Metal would run out faster 1 Metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run out** | would | Metal | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bikes would get heavier ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:31-metals-what-theyre-good-for:t10:o4:1 # text = Bikes would get heavier 1 Bikes bike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Bikes | | | | | heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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