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title: Identify the appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper where no bin is… — Litter and caring for nature · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper where no bin is nearby. Exam question 1 of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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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# Exam question 1 · Litter and caring for nature

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Identify the appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper where no bin is nearby.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, bin · **What happens:** identify, be · **To what, where:** appropriate disposal

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:e1:1
# text = Identify the appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper where no bin is nearby.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wrapper	wrapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate disposal of a snack wrapper |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent disposal=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | no bin |  |  |  |  | nearby *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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It is hidden deep within a hedge beside the path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:e1:o1:1
# text = It is hidden deep within a hedge beside the path
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	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | within a hedge beside the path; deep *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is buried beneath the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:e1:o2:1
# text = It is buried beneath the soil
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	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present · passive |  | It |  | the soil |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beneath soil=Destination |

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

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It is kept in one's pocket or bag until a bin is found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:e1:o3:1
# text = It is kept in one's pocket or bag until a bin is found
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	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | It |  | one's pocket or bag |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in pocket=Location |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | a bin |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is dropped in a place where it cannot be seen by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:e1:o4:1
# text = It is dropped in a place where it cannot be seen by others
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	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present · passive |  | It |  | a place |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can · passive | others | place |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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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