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title: what's better, recycling stuff or just using less — Recycling, waste and plastic · tree and pragmatics
description: what's better, recycling stuff or just using less Test 11 · ★ 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.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Recycling, waste and plastic

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what's better, recycling stuff or just using less

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, recycle, use · **To what, where:** stuff, less

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t11:1
# text = what's better, recycling stuff or just using less
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	recycling	recycle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
10	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **recycle** | gerund |  | stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | gerund |  | less |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=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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Throwing things away saves the most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t11:o1:1
# text = Throwing things away saves the most
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | present | Throwing | the most |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Recycling always saves the most, way more than anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t11:o2:1
# text = Recycling always saves the most, way more than anything
1	Recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | Recycling | way |  |  |  | always *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They both save exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t11:o3:1
# text = They both save exactly the same
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | They | the same |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Reducing and reusing save more than recycling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t11:o4:1
# text = Reducing and reusing save more than recycling
1	Reducing	reduce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	reusing	reuse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	7	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	recycling	recycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **reuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **save** | present |  | recycling |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recycling=Theme |

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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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