--- title: «my AA is dead, just chuck it in the kitchen bin» What is the right… — Batteries · tree and pragmatics description: «my AA is dead, just chuck it in the kitchen bin» What is the right answer? Test 1 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/34-batteries/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Batteries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/34-batteries/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Batteries «my AA is dead, just chuck it in the kitchen bin» What is the right answer? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** AA · **What happens:** be, chuck · **To what, where:** AA, kitchen bin, right answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 34 «Batteries» of the technology 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/technology/34-batteries/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t1:1 # text = «my AA is dead, just chuck it in the kitchen bin» What is the right answer? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 AA AA NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 chuck chuck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my AA | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **chuck** *in a quote* | infinitive | | AA | | the kitchen bin | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination | | 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | | the right answer | | | | | tree rules | 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} Bury it in a flower pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t1:o1:1 # text = Bury it in a flower pot 1 Bury bury VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | a flower pot | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pot=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} The kitchen bin is fine for batteries ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t1:o2:1 # text = The kitchen bin is fine for batteries 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the kitchen bin | | | | | for batteries; fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Burn it in the garden to get rid of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t1:o3:1 # text = Burn it in the garden to get rid of it 1 Burn burn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the garden | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Take it to a battery recycling bin ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:34-batteries:t1:o4:1 # text = Take it to a battery recycling bin 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 recycling recycling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | a recycling bin | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bin=Destination | **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. 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