--- title: Identify the principal reason for which plastic drink-pack rings are… — Kindness to animals · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which plastic drink-pack rings are to be cut before disposal. Exam question 1 of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Kindness to animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Kindness to animals Identify the principal reason for which plastic drink-pack rings are to be cut before disposal. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, cut · **To what, where:** principal reason, plastic pack rings This is exam question 1 of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» of the everyday 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/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which plastic drink-pack rings are to be cut before disposal. 1 Identify identify 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 15 obl _ _ 7 plastic plastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 8 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 disposal disposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | present · passive | you *not said here* | plastic pack rings | | | before disposal | for the principal reason | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for which=Beneficiary | 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} Cut plastic decays more rapidly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:e1:o1:1 # text = Cut plastic decays more rapidly 1 Cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 decays decay NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | plastic decays | | | | rapidly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decay=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cut rings may be recycled for money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:e1:o2:1 # text = Cut rings may be recycled for money 1 Cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 compound _ _ 2 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 recycled recycle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **recycle** | may · passive | | Cut rings | | | | for money | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Animals may become trapped in them by the neck, beak or legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:e1:o3:1 # text = Animals may become trapped in them by the neck, beak or legs 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 trapped trap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | may | Animals | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trap** | participle | Animals *not said here* | | | | | in Animals *= animal*; by the neck and beak or legs | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in they=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Uncut rings occupy too much room in bins ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:e1:o4:1 # text = Uncut rings occupy too much room in bins 1 Uncut uncut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 occupy occupy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 bins bin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occupy** | present | Uncut rings | much room | | bins | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus room=Experiencer | **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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