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title: whats the point of recycling a can tbh — Natural resources and why we must save… · tree and pragmatics
description: whats the point of recycling a can tbh Test 11 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world 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 11 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them

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whats the point of recycling a can tbh

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** point · **What happens:** recycle · **To what, where:** a

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» of the world 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/world/47-natural-resources/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t11:1
# text = whats the point of recycling a can tbh
1	whats	what	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	recycling	recycle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	obj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recycle** | gerund | the point *not said here* | a |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It makes the can heavier for later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t11:o1:1
# text = It makes the can heavier for later
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cans disappear on their own anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t11:o2:1
# text = Cans disappear on their own anyway
1	Cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disappear	disappear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | present | Cans |  |  | Cans's own |  | anyway *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It only makes the bin lighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t11:o3:1
# text = It only makes the bin lighter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the bin |  |  |  | light *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bin=Product |

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

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The metal is made into new things instead of digging up more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:47-natural-resources:t11:o4:1
# text = The metal is made into new things instead of digging up more
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the metal |  | new things |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into thing=Product |
| 2 | **dig up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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