--- title: "just chuck the dead batteries in the normal bin, who cares". What c… — Recycling: giving materials a second l… · tree and pragmatics description: "just chuck the dead batteries in the normal bin, who cares". What could happen? Test 2 · ★ 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 was right. --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Recycling: giving materials a second life "just chuck the dead batteries in the normal bin, who cares". What could happen? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, normal bin · **What happens:** chuck, care, happen · **To what, where:** dead batteries, normal bin This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 32 «Recycling: giving materials a second life» 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/32-recycling-second-life/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "just chuck the dead batteries in the normal bin, who cares". ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t2:1 # text = "just chuck the dead batteries in the normal bin, who cares". 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 chuck chuck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 cares care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the dead batteries | | the normal bin | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in bin=Destination | | 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | the normal bin | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 could happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t2:2 # text = What could happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They would turn into compost ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t2:o1:1 # text = They would turn into compost 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 compost compost NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | They | | | compost | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into compost=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, they are completely empty and quite safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t2:o2:1 # text = Nothing, they are completely empty and quite safe 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 completely completely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | completely, empty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Nothing *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They could start a fire in the bin lorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t2:o3:1 # text = They could start a fire in the bin lorry 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 lorry lorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | could | They | a fire | | the bin lorry | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would charge up again ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t2:o4:1 # text = They would charge up again 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge up** | would | They | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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