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title: did u hear a turtle died at the beach and they found it was full of… — Litter and caring for nature · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear a turtle died at the beach and they found it was full of plastic bags inside? real lesson? Test 16 · ★ 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 wa
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# Test 16 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

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did u hear a turtle died at the beach and they found it was full of plastic bags inside? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, turtle, they · **What happens:** hear, die, find, be · **To what, where:** real lesson, beach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 239 «Litter and caring for nature» 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t16:1
# text = did u hear a turtle died at the beach and they found it was full of plastic bags inside? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
21	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **die** | past | a turtle |  |  | the beach |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **find** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | turtle |  |  |  |  | of plastic bags; full *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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Plastic melts away in the sea anyway, so it doesn't matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t16:o1:1
# text = Plastic melts away in the sea anyway, so it doesn't matter
1	Plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt away** | present | Plastic |  |  | the sea |  | anyway, away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Take your litter home; plastic in the sea kills animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t16:o2:1
# text = Take your litter home; plastic in the sea kills animals
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | your litter |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | present | plastic in the sea | animals |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only big plastic is a problem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t16:o3:1
# text = Only big plastic is a problem
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | big plastic | a problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Turtles should just stay away from beaches with people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t16:o4:1
# text = Turtles should just stay away from beaches with people
1	Turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay away** | should | Turtles |  |  | beaches |  | with people; away *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with people=Location |

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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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