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title: Which is true about picking up litter you did not drop? — Litter and caring for nature · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about picking up litter you did not drop? Test 6 · ★ 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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# Test 6 · ★ · Litter and caring for nature

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Which is true about picking up litter you did not drop?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, pick up, not drop · **To what, where:** litter

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t6:1
# text = Which is true about picking up litter you did not drop?
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	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick up** | gerund |  | litter |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **drop** | past · do-support | you | litter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It helps nature and sets a good example for others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t6:o1:1
# text = It helps nature and sets a good example for others
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It | nature |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **set** | present |  | a good example |  |  |  | for others | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent example=Patient for other=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is only the council's job, never yours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t6:o2:1
# text = It is only the council's job, never yours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the council's job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It encourages people to drop more litter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t6:o3:1
# text = It encourages people to drop more litter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	encourages	encourage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encourage** | present | It | people |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | more litter |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You must never touch any litter at all, even with gloves on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:239-litter-and-caring-for-nature:t6:o4:1
# text = You must never touch any litter at all, even with gloves on
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	litter	litter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | must | You | any litter |  | all |  | with gloves | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent litter=Experiencer with glove=Instrument |

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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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