Test 2 · ★★ · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

«war's miles away, why's my bread dearer» How can that be?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: miles · What happens: be

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 dearer	punct
2	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 miles	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 war	case
4	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dearer	nsubj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 miles	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dearer	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 dearer	advmod
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dearer	cop
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bread	nmod:poss
10	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dearer	nsubj
11	dearer	dear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 dearer	punct
13	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 be	advmod
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 be	aux
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 be	nsubj
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 dearer	cop
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 dearer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	war's miles					dear property	tree rules

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

Wheat stops growing during any war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stops	xcomp
4	during	during	ADP	_	6 war	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 war	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Wheat						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	grow	gerund	Wheat not said here				during any war		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The war blocked ships carrying wheat, so there was less grain to sell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 war	det
2	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocked	nsubj
3	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 blocked	obj
5	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 ships	acl
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carrying	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grain	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 was	advmod
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 was	expl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 grain	cop
11	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 grain	amod
12	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blocked	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 sell	mark
14	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 grain	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	block	past	the war	ships	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer ship=Theme
2	carry	gerund	ships not said here	wheat	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme
3	is a	past		less grain	tree rules
4	sell	to-infinitive	the war not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Bakers just wanted more money for no reason at all, and used the war as an excuse

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bakers	baker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 wanted	advmod
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 money	amod
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 reason	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 reason	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 used	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 used	cc
13	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 war	det
15	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 excuse	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 excuse	det
18	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Bakers	more money				for no reason at all	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme
2	use	past	Bakers not said here	the war				as a excuse	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent war=Duration as excuse=Attribute

Option 4

Bread is made in the war zone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 zone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 zone	det
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zone	compound
7	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Bread		the war zone			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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