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title: Scientists find tiny plastic pieces in snow near the North Pole, far… — Recycling, waste and plastic · tree and pragmatics
description: Scientists find tiny plastic pieces in snow near the North Pole, far from any city. How did they most likely get there? Test 5 · ★ 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; Mov
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# Test 5 · ★ · Recycling, waste and plastic

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Scientists find tiny plastic pieces in snow near the North Pole, far from any city. How did they most likely get there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Scientists · **What happens:** find, get · **To what, where:** tiny plastic pieces, snow

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Scientists find tiny plastic pieces in snow near the North Pole, far from any city.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t5:1
# text = Scientists find tiny plastic pieces in snow near the North Pole, far from any city.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | Scientists | tiny plastic pieces |  | snow |  | near the North Pole; from any city | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent piece=Theme from city=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How did they most likely get there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t5:2
# text = How did they most likely get there?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Scientists *= scientist* |  |  | there |  | likely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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People in the Arctic make lots of plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t5:o1:1
# text = People in the Arctic make lots of plastic
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | People in the Arctic | lots of plastic |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Polar bears carry plastic bags there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t5:o2:1
# text = Polar bears carry plastic bags there
1	Polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Polar bears | plastic bags |  | there |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Larger plastic broke up and the bits were carried by wind and sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t5:o3:1
# text = Larger plastic broke up and the bits were carried by wind and sea
1	Larger	large	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
2	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break up** | past | plastic |  |  |  |  | large *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | past · passive | wind and sea | the bits |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snow turns into plastic when it is very cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t5:o4:1
# text = Snow turns into plastic when it is very cold
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Snow |  |  | plastic |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into plastic=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present | Snow |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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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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