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title: why can't u chuck old batteries in the normal bin — Recycling, waste and plastic · tree and pragmatics
description: why can't u chuck old batteries in the normal bin Test 10 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Recycling, waste and plastic

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why can't u chuck old batteries in the normal bin

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not u · **To what, where:** chuck old batteries, normal bin

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 88 «Recycling, waste and plastic» 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/88-recycling-waste-plastic/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t10:1
# text = why can't u chuck old batteries in the normal bin
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	u	u	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	chuck	chuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	batteries	battery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **u** | can |  | chuck old batteries |  | the normal bin |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They can catch fire and hold harmful metals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t10:o1:1
# text = They can catch fire and hold harmful metals
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | can | They | fire |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | infinitive | They *not said here* | harmful metals |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They make all the other rubbish rot much faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t10:o2:1
# text = They make all the other rubbish rot much faster
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rot	rot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | They |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rot** | present | all other rubbish |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are way too heavy for the bin lorry to lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t10:o3:1
# text = They are way too heavy for the bin lorry to lift
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They will recharge themselves and waste power

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t10:o4:1
# text = They will recharge themselves and waste power
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	recharge	recharge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	waste	waste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recharge** | future | They | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer |
| 2 | **waste** | infinitive | They *not said here* | power |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |

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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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