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title: Which is true about plastic rings and wildlife? — Kindness to animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about plastic rings and wildlife? Test 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Kindness to animals

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Which is true about plastic rings and wildlife?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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/207-kindness-to-animals/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t1:1
# text = Which is true about plastic rings and wildlife?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about plastic rings and wildlife; true *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Rings are safe once they float out into the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t1:o1:1
# text = Rings are safe once they float out into the sea
1	Rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rings |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **float out** | present | Rings *= ring* |  |  | the sea |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only fish are ever hurt by plastic in the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t1:o2:1
# text = Only fish are ever hurt by plastic in the water
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | plastic | fish |  | the water | ever |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Uncut rings can trap animals, so we cut them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t1:o3:1
# text = Uncut rings can trap animals, so we cut them
1	Uncut	uncut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	trap	trap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | can | Uncut rings | animals |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | present | we | animals *= animal* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Birds like using the rings to build their nests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t1:o4:1
# text = Birds like using the rings to build their nests
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | Birds | the rings |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive | Birds *not said here* | Birds's nests |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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