Exam question 2 · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of Ukraine in respect of the world's grain supply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: significance, respect, grain supply

This is exam question 2 of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Ukraine	case
12	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	20 supply	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 world	det
17	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 supply	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 world	case
19	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 supply	compound
20	supply	supply	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 respect	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the significance of Ukraine	respect of the world's grain supply	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		the world's grain supply			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its fertile black soil yields large quantities of wheat for export

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 soil	nmod:poss
2	fertile	fertile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soil	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soil	amod
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yields	nsubj
5	yields	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quantities	amod
7	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 yields	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 wheat	case
9	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quantities	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 export	case
11	export	export	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wheat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	present	Its fertile black soil	large quantities of wheat for export					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme
2	soil		Its = it						nom soil «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It produces chiefly rice in flooded fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 produces	nsubj
2	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rice	amod
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produces	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fields	case
6	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fields	amod
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 produces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	It	chiefly rice		flooded fields			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Result
2	flood	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Its soil is unsuitable for cereal cultivation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 soil	nmod:poss
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unsuitable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unsuitable	cop
4	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 cultivation	case
6	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cultivation	compound
7	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unsuitable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its soil					for cereal cultivation; unsuitable property	tree rules
2	soil		Its = it						nom soil «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It imports the greater part of its grain from abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 imports	nsubj
2	imports	import	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 part	det
4	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 part	amod
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imports	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 grain	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grain	nmod:poss
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 part	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 abroad	case
10	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	2 imports	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	import	present	It	the greater part of part's grain					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent part=Theme from abroad=Initial_Location

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