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title: chuck the apple core in the bin or what — Caring for the environment · tree and pragmatics
description: chuck the apple core in the bin or what Test 10 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · Caring for the environment

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chuck the apple core in the bin or what

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** apple core, bin

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This is test 10 of lesson 57 «Caring for the environment» 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/57-environment/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t10:1
# text = chuck the apple core in the bin or what
1	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	core	core	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | imperative | you *not said here* | the apple core |  | the bin |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent core=Theme in bin=Destination |

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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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Burn it on a bonfire along with plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t10:o1:1
# text = Burn it on a bonfire along with plastic
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	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a bonfire |  | along plastic | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bury it in plastic bags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t10:o2:1
# text = Bury it in plastic bags
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	_	5	case	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | plastic bags |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Destination |

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

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Put it in compost to feed the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t10:o3:1
# text = Put it in compost to feed the soil
1	Put	put	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	_	4	case	_	_
4	compost	compost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | compost |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in compost=Destination |
| 2 | **feed** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the soil |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Throw it in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t10:o4:1
# text = Throw it in the sea
1	Throw	throw	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	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sea=Destination |

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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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