--- title: my sister says recycling is the best thing you can do about waste. t… — Caring for the environment · tree and pragmatics description: my sister says recycling is the best thing you can do about waste. true? Test 11 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/57-environment/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Caring for the environment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/57-environment/) / t11 # Test 11 · Caring for the environment my sister says recycling is the best thing you can do about waste. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, recycling, you · **What happens:** say, be, do · **To what, where:** best thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t11:1 # text = my sister says recycling is the best thing you can do about waste. true? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 recycling recycling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister | | | | | true *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | recycling | the best thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | can | you | the best thing *not said here* | | | | about waste | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, reducing helps most because the waste is never made ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t11:o1:1 # text = No, reducing helps most because the waste is never made 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 reducing reduce VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | gerund | | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **help** | present | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **make** | present · passive | | the waste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, recycling beats everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, recycling beats everything 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 recycling recycling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beats beat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | recycling | everything | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, reducing does nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, reducing does nothing at all 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 reducing reduce VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | gerund | | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **do** | present | | nothing | | all | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, throwing away is best ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t11:o4:1 # text = No, throwing away is best 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | gerund | | | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | throwing | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | **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. 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