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title: Ascertain the reason for which spent batteries are to be deposited i… — Batteries · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which spent batteries are to be deposited in a separate recycling receptacle. Exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Batteries» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Batteries

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Ascertain the reason for which spent batteries are to be deposited in a separate recycling receptacle.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, reason · **What happens:** ascertain, be, deposit · **To what, where:** reason, separate recycling receptacle

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «Batteries» of the technology 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/technology/34-batteries/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which spent batteries are to be deposited in a separate recycling receptacle.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the reason |  |  |  |  | spend *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **deposit** | to-infinitive · passive | the reason *not said here* |  |  | a separate recycling receptacle |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in receptacle=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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Refuse vehicles are permitted to accept them only upon Sundays and upon public holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:e3:o1:1
# text = Refuse vehicles are permitted to accept them only upon Sundays and upon public holidays
1	Refuse	refuse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | Refuse vehicles |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **accept** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | vehicles *= vehicle* |  |  | sunday |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They emit an offensive odour in ordinary receptacles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:e3:o2:1
# text = They emit an offensive odour in ordinary receptacles
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	emit	emit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	offensive	offensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	odour	odour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	receptacles	receptacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | present | They | a offensive odour |  | ordinary receptacles |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source odour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are of excessive weight for ordinary receptacles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:e3:o3:1
# text = They are of excessive weight for ordinary receptacles
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	receptacles	receptacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of excessive weight; for ordinary receptacles | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Their metals may be recovered and they may otherwise cause fires in refuse vehicles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:e3:o4:1
# text = Their metals may be recovered and they may otherwise cause fires in refuse vehicles
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	metals	metal	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	recovered	recover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	refuse	refuse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | may · passive |  | Their metals |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | may | metals *= metal* | fires |  | refuse vehicles |  | otherwise *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient |

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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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