--- title: An old phone stops working. What is the best thing to do with it? — Recycling, waste and plastic · tree and pragmatics description: An old phone stops working. What is the best thing to do with it? Test 8 · ★ 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. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Recycling, waste and plastic An old phone stops working. What is the best thing to do with it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old phone, best thing · **What happens:** stop, work, be, do This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An old phone stops working. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t8:1 # text = An old phone stops working. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | a old phone | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | a old phone *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the best thing to do with it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t8:2 # text = What is the best thing to do with it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing *not said here* | | | | | with thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Take it to a special electronics recycling point ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t8:o1:1 # text = Take it to a special electronics recycling point 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 electronics electronics NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 recycling recycling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | a special recycling point | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to point=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bury it in the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t8:o2:1 # text = Bury it in the garden 1 Bury bury VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the garden | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in garden=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Throw it in the ordinary kitchen bin ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t8:o3:1 # text = Throw it in the ordinary kitchen bin 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the ordinary kitchen bin | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Throw it in the paper recycling ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t8:o4:1 # text = Throw it in the paper recycling 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 recycling recycling NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the paper recycling | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in recycling=Destination | **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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