--- title: Which is the right order, from what helps most to what helps least? — Recycling, waste and plastic · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the right order, from what helps most to what helps least? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Recycling, waste and plastic Which is the right order, from what helps most to what helps least? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** right order · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** right order, most This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t9:1 # text = Which is the right order, from what helps most to what helps least? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 9 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 13 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 least least ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the right order | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **help** | present | the right order | most | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Beneficiary | | 3 | **help** | present | | | | | | least *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Reuse, then recycle, then reduce ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t9:o1:1 # text = Reuse, then recycle, then reduce 1 Reuse reuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 recycle recycle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 reduce reduce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **recycle** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **reduce** | infinitive | | | | | then | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Recycle, then reduce, then reuse ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t9:o2:1 # text = Recycle, then reduce, then reuse 1 Recycle recycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 reduce reduce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 reuse reuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | infinitive | Recycle | | | | then | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **reuse** | infinitive | Recycle *not said here* | | | | then | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Reduce, then reuse, then recycle ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t9:o3:1 # text = Reduce, then reuse, then recycle 1 Reduce reduce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 reuse reuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 recycle recycle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **reuse** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **recycle** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Recycle, then reuse, then reduce ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:88-recycling-waste-plastic:t9:o4:1 # text = Recycle, then reuse, then reduce 1 Recycle recycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 reuse reuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 reduce reduce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reuse** | infinitive | Recycle | | | | then | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reduce** | infinitive | Recycle *not said here* | | | | then | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | **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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