Exam question 2 · Food and farming around the world

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises nomadic pastoralism?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: nomadic pastoralism

This is exam question 2 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	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	nomadic	nomadic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pastoralism	amod
10	pastoralism	pastoralism	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		nomadic pastoralism				of the following statements; accurately 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

The cultivation of rice in flooded fields upon fixed estates throughout the year

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	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 cultivation	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 estates	case
9	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 estates	amod
10	estates	estate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cultivation	nmod
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 estates	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	flood	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	fix	participle				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	cultivate		rice	flooded fields	upon fixed estates throughout the year	nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient in=place upon=obl

Option 2

The purchase of all foodstuffs in permanent urban markets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 foodstuffs	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 foodstuffs	det
5	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 purchase	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 markets	case
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 markets	amod
8	urban	urban	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 markets	amod
9	markets	market	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 foodstuffs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase			all foodstuffs in permanent urban markets					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The construction of terraces upon steep slopes for grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 terraces	case
4	terraces	terrace	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 slopes	case
6	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slopes	amod
7	slopes	slope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 grain	case
9	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slopes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			terraces				upon steep slopes for grain	nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The movement of herders with their livestock in search of pasture and water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 movement	det
2	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 herders	case
4	herders	herder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 movement	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 livestock	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 livestock	nmod:poss
7	livestock	livestock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 movement	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 search	case
9	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 livestock	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 pasture	case
11	pasture	pasture	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 search	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 water	cc
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 livestock	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move			herders				with herders's livestock in search of pasture and water	nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl
2	search			pasture					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

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