--- title: Ascertain the principal reason for which spent batteries are exclude… — Recycling: giving materials a second l… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the principal reason for which spent batteries are excluded from general refuse. Exam question 4 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 cho --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Recycling: giving materials a second life Ascertain the principal reason for which spent batteries are excluded from general refuse. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal reason · **What happens:** ascertain, spend, exclude · **To what, where:** principal reason, batteries, general refuse This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the principal reason for which spent batteries are excluded from general refuse. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 excluded exclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 refuse refuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **spend** | past | the principal reason | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal | | 3 | **exclude** | present · passive | | batteries | | general refuse | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from refuse=Eventuality | 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} They emit pleasant odours ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e4:o1:1 # text = They emit pleasant odours 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 emit emit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 odours odour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **emit** | present | They | pleasant odours | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source odour=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They may leak harmful metals and ignite fires ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e4:o2:1 # text = They may leak harmful metals and ignite fires 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 leak leak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 harmful harmful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ignite ignite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leak** | may | They | harmful metals | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location metal=Source | | 2 | **ignite** | infinitive | They *not said here* | fires | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They regain their charge when buried ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e4:o3:1 # text = They regain their charge when buried 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 regain regain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regain** | present | They | their charge | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme | | 2 | **bury** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **charge** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are excessively heavy for collection ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:e4:o4:1 # text = They are excessively heavy for collection 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 excessively excessively ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | for collection; excessively, heavy *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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