--- title: A cartoon says landfill rubbish vanishes into the ground in a day. W… — Recycling: giving materials a second l… · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon says landfill rubbish vanishes into the ground in a day. What really happens? 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What really happens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, landfill rubbish · **What happens:** say, vanish, happen · **To what, where:** ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon says landfill rubbish vanishes into the ground in a day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t5:1 # text = A cartoon says landfill rubbish vanishes into the ground in a day. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 landfill landfill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 vanishes vanish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **vanish** | present | landfill rubbish | | | the ground | day | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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. *Sentence 2:* What really happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t5:2 # text = What really happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It rots slowly and makes methane ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t5:o1:1 # text = It rots slowly and makes methane 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rots rot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 methane methane NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rot** | present | It | | | | | slowly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | | methane | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset methane=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is eaten by moles in a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t5:o2:1 # text = It is eaten by moles in a day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 moles mole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · passive | moles | It | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It melts into oil at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t5:o3:1 # text = It melts into oil at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | It | | | oil | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into oil=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It turns into flowers by morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:chemistry:32-recycling-second-life:t5:o4:1 # text = It turns into flowers by morning 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | flowers | morning | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into flower=Trajectory | **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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