--- title: Why are plastic bags knotted before being put away? — Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals · tree and pragmatics description: Why are plastic bags knotted before being put away? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals» of the everyday 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/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t6/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals Why are plastic bags knotted before being put away? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** knot, put away · **To what, where:** plastic bags This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 114 «Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals» of the everyday 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/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:t6:1 # text = Why are plastic bags knotted before being put away? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 plastic plastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 knotted knot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knot** | present · passive | | plastic bags | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put away** | gerund · passive | | | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A knotted bag cannot easily be pulled over a child's head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:t6:o1:1 # text = A knotted bag cannot easily be pulled over a child's head 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 knotted knot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 easily easily ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knot** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **pull** | can · passive | | a knotted bag | | a child's head | | easily *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A knot makes the bag smaller to carry shopping ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:t6:o2:1 # text = A knot makes the bag smaller to carry shopping 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 shopping shopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | a knot | the bag | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bag=Product | | 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the bag *not said here* | shopping | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopping=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Knotted bags are easier to recycle at the supermarket ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:t6:o3:1 # text = Knotted bags are easier to recycle at the supermarket 1 Knotted knot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 recycle recycle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 supermarket supermarket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knot** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | Knotted bags | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **recycle** | to-infinitive | Knotted bags *not said here* | | | the supermarket | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} A knot keeps the bag clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals:t6:o4:1 # text = A knot keeps the bag clean 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a knot | the bag | | | | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=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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