--- title: Identify the principal reason for which paper may be recycled only a… — Recycling, waste and plastic · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which paper may be recycled only a few times. Exam question 2 of lesson 88 «Recycling, waste and plastic» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/88-recycling-waste-plastic/e2/) [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/) / [Recycling, waste and plastic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/88-recycling-waste-plastic/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Recycling, waste and plastic Identify the principal reason for which paper may be recycled only a few times. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, recycle · **To what, where:** principal reason, paper This is exam question 2 of lesson 88 «Recycling, waste and plastic» 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/88-recycling-waste-plastic/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which paper may be recycled only a few times. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 recycled recycle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **recycle** | may · passive | | paper | | | time | for the principal reason | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Its fibres become shorter on each occasion ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:e2:o1:1 # text = Its fibres become shorter on each occasion 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fibres fibre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | Its fibres | | | | | short *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Its ink can never be removed ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:e2:o2:1 # text = Its ink can never be removed 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **remove** | can · passive | | Its ink | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It becomes heavier on each occasion ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:e2:o3:1 # text = It becomes heavier on each occasion 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | | | | | heavy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It turns into a kind of plastic when it is recycled ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:e2:o4:1 # text = It turns into a kind of plastic when it is recycled 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 recycled recycle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | a kind of plastic | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into kind=Trajectory | | 2 | **recycle** | present · passive | | plastic | | | | | 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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