Test 7 · Food and farming around the world

why do rice farmers flood their fields, seems mental

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: rice farmers · What happens: flood, seem · To what, where: fields

This is test 7 of lesson 26 «Food and farming around the world» of the geography 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 flood	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 flood	aux
3	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 farmers	compound
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flood	nsubj
5	flood	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seems	advcl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fields	nmod:poss
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flood	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flood	punct
9	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flood	present · do-support	rice farmers	farmers's fields					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent field=Patient
2	seem	present						mental property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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

To stop the rice from getting thirsty in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rice	det
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stop	advcl
7	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		the rice					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality rice=Eventuality
2	get	gerund					winter	thirsty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Rice grows well in water, which also holds back weeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 grows	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 holds	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 holds	nsubj
8	also	also	ADV	_	9 holds	advmod
9	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grows	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 holds	advmod
11	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 holds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Rice			water		well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location
2	hold back	present		weeds					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Theme

Option 3

To keep the fish away from the plants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 keep	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 plants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plants	det
8	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	to-infinitive			the fish	the plants		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer fish=Beneficiary from plant=Eventuality

Option 4

To wash the rice before they eat it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wash	mark
2	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rice	det
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wash	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 eat	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wash	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	to-infinitive		the rice					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Patient
2	eat	present	they	rice					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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