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title: Identify, among the practices of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, that whi… — Caring for the environment · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify, among the practices of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, that which is of the greatest benefit, together with the reason therefor. Exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Caring for the environment» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Caring for the environment

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Identify, among the practices of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, that which is of the greatest benefit, together with the reason therefor.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, be, practice · **To what, where:** Reduce

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Caring for the environment» of the world 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/world/57-environment/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:e2:1
# text = Identify, among the practices of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, that which is of the greatest benefit, together with the reason therefor.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	practices	practice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Reduce	Reduce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Reuse	Reuse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Recycle	Recycle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	together	together	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	therefor	therefor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | among the practices of Reduce and Reuse and Recycle | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the greatest benefit; with the reason therefor; together *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **practice** |  |  | Reduce and Reuse and Recycle |  |  |  |  | nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Reuse, since objects are thereby destroyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:e2:o1:1
# text = Reuse, since objects are thereby destroyed
1	Reuse	reuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | objects |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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Reduce, since the waste is never produced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:e2:o2:1
# text = Reduce, since the waste is never produced
1	Reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **not** **produce** | present · passive |  | the waste |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Recycle, since it requires no energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:e2:o3:1
# text = Recycle, since it requires no energy
1	Recycle	recycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Recycle | no energy |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme energy=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Recycle, since every material may be remade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:e2:o4:1
# text = Recycle, since every material may be remade
1	Recycle	recycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	remade	remake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remake** | may · passive |  | Recycle since every material |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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