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title: «paper comes from plastic, innit» What is right? — Pencils, paper and school things · tree and pragmatics
description: «paper comes from plastic, innit» What is right? Test 7 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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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# Test 7 · Pencils, paper and school things

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«paper comes from plastic, innit» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** paper · **What happens:** come, innit, be · **To what, where:** plastic

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This is test 7 of lesson 6 «Pencils, paper and school things» 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/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t7:1
# text = «paper comes from plastic, innit» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | paper |  |  | plastic |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from plastic=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Yes, paper is very thin plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, paper is very thin plastic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	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 | paper | thin plastic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Paper is made from sheep's wool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t7:o2:1
# text = Paper is made from sheep's wool
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Paper |  | sheep's wool |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from wool=Material |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Paper is made from wood pulp, and often from recycled paper too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t7:o3:1
# text = Paper is made from wood pulp, and often from recycled paper too
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pulp	pulp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	recycled	recycle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Paper |  | wood pulp |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from pulp=Material |
| 2 | **recycle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Paper is made from stone dust mixed with water and dried in the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:6-pencils-paper-and-school-things:t7:o4:1
# text = Paper is made from stone dust mixed with water and dried in the sun
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Paper |  | stone dust |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from dust=Material |
| 2 | **mix** | participle |  | stone dust *not said here* |  |  |  | with water | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with water=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  | the sun |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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