--- title: Identify the order of preference expressed in the principle "reduce,… — Recycling: giving materials a second l… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the order of preference expressed in the principle "reduce, reuse, recycle". Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Recycling: giving materials a second life» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/32-recycling-second-life/e1/) [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/) / [Recycling: giving materials a second l…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chemistry/32-recycling-second-life/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Recycling: giving materials a second life Identify the order of preference expressed in the principle "reduce, reuse, recycle". **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, express, reduce, reuse, recycle, order · **To what, where:** order, preference, principle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Recycling: giving materials a second life» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/32-recycling-second-life/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e1:1 # text = Identify the order of preference expressed in the principle "reduce, reuse, recycle". 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 principle principle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 reduce reduce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 reuse reuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 recycle recycle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the order of preference | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **express** | participle | | preference *not said here* | | the principle | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reduce** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 4 | **reuse** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **recycle** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **order** | | | preference | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} All three are of strictly equal merit ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e1:o1:1 # text = All three are of strictly equal merit 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | all three | | | | | of equal merit | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Reduction first, reuse second and recycling third ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e1:o2:1 # text = Reduction first, reuse second and recycling third 1 Reduction reduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 reuse reuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 second second ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 recycling recycle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 8 third third ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reuse** | infinitive | Reduction | | | | | second *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **recycle** | gerund | Reduction *not said here* | | | | | third *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Recycling first, reuse second and reduction third ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e1:o3:1 # text = Recycling first, reuse second and reduction third 1 Recycling recycle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 reuse reuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 second second ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 reduction reduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 third third ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recycle** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | second, third *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Reuse first, recycling second and reduction third ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e1:o4:1 # text = Reuse first, recycling second and reduction third 1 Reuse reuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 recycling recycle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 second second ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 reduction reduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 third third ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **recycle** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | second, third *property* | tree rules | **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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