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title: «war's miles away, why's my bread dearer» How can that be? — From field to plate: wheat, flour and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «war's miles away, why's my bread dearer» How can that be? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t2:1
# text = «war's miles away, why's my bread dearer» How can that be?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	dearer	dear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wheat stops growing during any war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t2:o1:1
# text = Wheat stops growing during any war
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t2:o2:1
# text = The war blocked ships carrying wheat, so there was less grain to sell
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blocked	block	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 {#o3}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t2:o3:1
# text = Bakers just wanted more money for no reason at all, and used the war as an excuse
1	Bakers	baker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bread is made in the war zone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t2:o4:1
# text = Bread is made in the war zone
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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