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title: «chucked the old batteries in the recycling, it's all recycling inni… — Bottles, cans and recycling · tree and pragmatics
description: «chucked the old batteries in the recycling, it's all recycling innit» What is right? Test 1 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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.
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# Test 1 · Bottles, cans and recycling

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«chucked the old batteries in the recycling, it's all recycling innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** recycling · **What happens:** chuck, recycle innit, be · **To what, where:** old batteries, recycling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 4 «Bottles, cans and recycling» 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/4-bottles-cans-and-recycling/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t1:1
# text = «chucked the old batteries in the recycling, it's all recycling innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	recycling	recycle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	innit	innit	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** *in a quote* | past |  | the old batteries |  | the recycling |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent battery=Theme in recycling=Destination |
| 2 | **recycle innit** *in a quote* | present · progressive | recycling |  |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *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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Batteries should go down the drain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t1:o1:1
# text = Batteries should go down the drain
1	Batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | should | Batteries | the drain |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

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No, batteries can start fires in lorries and plants; use battery bins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t1:o2:1
# text = No, batteries can start fires in lorries and plants; use battery bins
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lorries	lorry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bins	bin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | can | batteries | fires |  | lorries and plants |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | batteries *not said here* | battery bins |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dead batteries are safe in any bin at all, as they have no power left

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t1:o3:1
# text = Dead batteries are safe in any bin at all, as they have no power left
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dead batteries |  |  | any bin at all |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | batteries *= battery* | no power |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  | no power *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, batteries go in with cans and paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:4-bottles-cans-and-recycling:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, batteries go in with cans and paper
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | present | batteries |  |  |  |  | with cans and paper | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with can=Beneficiary |

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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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