Exam question 1 · Food and farming around the world

Identify the principal consequence of the transfer of plants and animals across the Atlantic subsequent to 1492.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, transfer · To what, where: principal consequence, Atlantic subsequent, plants

This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Food and farming around the world» of the geography 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 transfer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 transfer	det
7	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 plants	case
9	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 transfer	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 animals	cc
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plants	conj
12	across	across	ADP	_	15 subsequent	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 subsequent	det
14	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 subsequent	compound
15	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 1492	case
17	1492	1492	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Identify	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence of the transfer of plants and animals		the Atlantic subsequent		to 1492	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme to 1492=be'
2	transfer			plants and animals					nom transfer «act 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 cultivation of rice ceased throughout Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cultivation	det
2	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rice	case
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cultivation	nmod
5	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cultivation	acl
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 Asia	case
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ceased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	participle		the cultivation of rice not said here			throughout Asia		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	cultivate			rice					nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The trade in all foodstuffs between the continents was thereupon abolished entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trade	det
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abolished	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 foodstuffs	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 foodstuffs	det
5	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trade	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 continents	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 continents	det
8	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 foodstuffs	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 abolished	aux:pass
10	thereupon	thereupon	ADV	_	11 abolished	advmod
11	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 abolished	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abolish	past · passive		the trade in all foodstuffs between the continents				entirely, thereupon property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The horse became extinct in Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Europe	case
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 extinct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the horse					extinct property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Crops such as the potato and maize entered the diet of the Old World

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 entered	nsubj
2	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	5 potato	case
3	as	as	ADP	_	2 such	fixed
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 potato	det
5	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crops	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 maize	cc
7	maize	maize	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 potato	conj
8	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 diet	det
10	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entered	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 World	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 World	det
13	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 World	amod
14	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 diet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	Crops such the potato and maize	the diet of the Old World					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme diet=Destination

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